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Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2017

Google detects Android Tizi Spyware that spies on popular apps like WhatsApp and Telegram

Google identified a new family of Android malware dubbed Tizi spyware by using Google Play Protect, it spies on popular apps like WhatsApp and Telegram. In May, Google introduced the defense system called Google Play Protect to protect the Android devices, it implements a machine learning and app usage analysis to identify any malicious activity on the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2017

Google gathers Android users’ location data even when location services are disabled

Google is secretly gathering location data from billions of Android users, the news is disconcerting and once again raise the debate about user’s privacy. The disconcerting discovery was made by researchers from Quartz. Big G has been caught collecting location data on every Android device owner in the past 11 months. The worse news is that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2017

Google introduces updates in Chrome to prevent unexpected redirects and unwanted content

Google presents changes to Google Chrome that aim to prevent users from being redirected to unexpected websites and unwanted content. Google is continuously working to improve the security of its product and service, last changes to Google Chrome aim to prevent users from being redirected to unexpected websites and unwanted content. It has been estimated by […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2017

OpenSSL patches vulnerabilities discovered with Google OSS-Fuzz fuzzing service

OpenSSL patches two low and medium severity vulnerabilities that were discovered by using Google’s open source OSS-Fuzz fuzzing service. The medium severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-3736 was addressed with the release of OpenSSL 1.1.0g and 1.0.2m. The flaw is a carry propagating bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure, it affects processors that support BMI1, BMI2 and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2017

Google launched Google Play Security Reward bug bounty program to protect apps in Play Store

Google has launched Google Play Security Reward, the bug bounty program that will pay $1,000 rewards for flaws in popular apps. Google has officially launched a bug bounty program for Android apps on Google Play Store, a measure that aims to improve the security of Android apps. The initiative, called Google Play Security Reward, will involve the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2017

Google introduces new Advanced Protection feature to protect its users

Google continues working to improve the security of its users, the last measure introduced by the company it the ‘Advanced Protection’ feature. The Advanced Protection feature was designed to improve the security of users, who are at high risk of targeted attacks. “We took this unusual step because there is an overlooked minority of our users that […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2017

Google’s Security Research Team Identifies and Fixes 7 Vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq

Google security experts disclosed seven distinct vulnerabilities in the Dnsmasq software package. Regardless of what you may think of Google as a company, it is difficult to criticize their prolific and in-depth security research. The latest example is their disclosure of seven distinct issues in the Dnsmasq software package. From the authors’ website, “Dnsmasq provides network infrastructure for small networks: DNS, DHCP, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2017

The hacker Kuroi’SH defaced the official Google Brazil domain

A hacker using the online moniker of ‘Kuroi’SH’ defaced the Google Brazil domain on Tuesday afternoon, this isn’t the first high-profile target he breached. A hacker using the online moniker of ‘Kuroi’SH’ defaced the official Google Brazil domain on Tuesday afternoon. The defaced page displayed a message greeting his friends for the successful attack on such a high-profile […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2017

Chrome will label Resources delivered via FTP as “Not Secure”

Google continues the ongoing effort to communicate the transport security status of a given page labeling resources delivered via FTP as “Not secure” in Chrome, Last week, Google announced that future versions of Chrome will label resources delivered via the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) as “Not secure.” The security improvement will be implemented starting with […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2017

Google experts blocked a new targeted malware family, the Lipizzan spyware

Google has identified a new strain of Android malware, the Lipizzan spyware, that could be used as a powerful surveillance tool. Malware researchers at Google have spotted a new strain of Android spyware dubbed Lipizzan that could exfiltrate any kind of data from mobile devices and use them as surveillance tools. The Lipizzan spyware is a project developed […]

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Google detects Android Tizi Spyware that spies on popular apps like WhatsApp and Telegram

Google gathers Android users’ location data even when location services are disabled

Google introduces updates in Chrome to prevent unexpected redirects and unwanted content

OpenSSL patches vulnerabilities discovered with Google OSS-Fuzz fuzzing service

Google launched Google Play Security Reward bug bounty program to protect apps in Play Store

Google introduces new Advanced Protection feature to protect its users

Google’s Security Research Team Identifies and Fixes 7 Vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq

The hacker Kuroi’SH defaced the official Google Brazil domain

Chrome will label Resources delivered via FTP as “Not Secure”

Google experts blocked a new targeted malware family, the Lipizzan spyware

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