Our goal with this notification is to raise awareness of DNSChanger among affected users,” wrote Damian Menscher, a Google security engineer, in a company blog post. The trojan was capable of hijacking people's computers and altering its domain...
Dropbox is great, but for the enterprise-level community manager, Box’s functionality and security is top-notch. You can access docs right on your phone fairly easily and don’t have to worry about version control thanks to Box’s built-in management...
Users care about privacy and security more than whether some guy can cache something in the middle," Belshe said. Security is not free, but we can make it so it's free to users. With all the devices on the Web, it makes things complicated to have a...
Google is looking to add a few good Bloodhounds to its canine search team and some Rottweilers in corporate security. Google is finally adding support for the classic video game system with the launch of 8-bit maps, touting “low-res graphics...
Google has updated its Chrome browser, fixing an issue that was first uncovered at the Pwnium browser hacking contest, which took place at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver this week. Russian security researcher Sergey Glazunov won...
A Microsoft Forefront and Security Essentials update revealed an “incorrect detection” error that saw Google.com flagged as malware. The incident raises a number of questions about the simplicity of a system with enough power to block out a...
Android users have been warned that applications could be sending back photos stored on their phone to remote servers without their permission in yet another major security worry for the popular operating system, according to a New York Times report.
And we will continue to employ industry-leading security to keep your information safe. Google said the changes would help bring all data gathered on users from its different platforms, such as YouTube, Gmail and Blogger, into a single system...
Transparency: Consumers have a right to easily understandable information about privacy and security practices. Security: Consumers have a right to secure and responsible handling of personal data. Google has admitted in the past it is struggling...
Browsers must constantly balance usability and functionality with privacy and security. Some of the same companies operating the web browsers constantly trying to balance compatibility, usability, privacy and security also stand to gain a bigger...
Google has shed new light on Bouncer, a security system it credits with slowing the spread of malware on its Android platform. Additionally, the tool will scan developer accounts and flags developers who repeatedly offend security policies and...
Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are teaming up with banks and security vendors to develop a platform for blocking phishing attacks. The group said its aims to create a standards-based platform that will allow service providers to set policies on...
In their closing, the White House was clear that they plan to continue moving forward with anti-piracy legislation, saying, “Moving forward, we will continue to work with Congress on a bipartisan basis on legislation that provides new tools needed...
The content management system (CMS) used for her site may have security holes, or not be the most recent (in fact her site currently runs on WordPress 3.3, while the latest version is 3.3.1). While that’s in progress they can upgrade to WordPress...
Myth of "security" - Most articles I have read in relation to the assumed increased security of this Identity Ecosystem have all called it into the crosshairs as inherently more insecure. So what are the security considerations?
Amid the debate on Verizon’s motivations for allegedly blocking Google Wallet from the soon-to-be-released Samsung Galaxy Nexus, they’ve released a statement to 9to5google.com claiming security concerns drive the decision and that they’re open to...
Senator for Connecticut, party-independent politician, and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee – wrote a letter addressed to Google CEO Larry Page. Homeland Security is taking a closer look at Blogger.
And yes, I know there are security arguments as well, but from the critiques like "Identity Crisis: The Delusion of NSTIC" the security paradigm seems as challenged as the password premise. The NSTIC, all wrapped up in nationalism, patriotism...
Because it would be a poor choice economically and for security to have only one provider, there will be many Identity Providers that users can select from to act as their intermediary. A false sense of control, privacy, and security among Users
Stephen Cobb, Security Evangelist from ESET, told Search Engine Watch that Google's latest move, "addresses the concern that a consumer's search activity can contain sensitive information, knowledge of which might be abused.
