Google, Microsoft drop fraudulent certificates 

Google, Microsoft drop fraudulent certificates

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 7 January 2013 7:16 AM
Turkish certificate authority issued two dodgy certificates.
Hacker nabs Yahoo! site backups 

Hacker nabs Yahoo! site backups

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 17 December 2012 8:32 AM
Finds website flaws.
Win 8 malware uses Google Docs to talk to C&C 

Win 8 malware uses Google Docs to talk to C&C

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 20 November 2012 10:14 AM
Hits Windows Server 2012.
Guide to hardening DKIM 

Guide to hardening DKIM

In Applications - By Tom Espiner, 12 November 2012 11:28 AM
Seven points to avoid flawed DKIM deployments.
Google hardens DKIM after founders served spoofed Gmail 

Google hardens DKIM after founders served spoofed Gmail

In Crypto - By Tom Espiner, 26 October 2012 8:50 AM
Weak crypto ditched.
Google pulls insecure App Engine feature 

Google pulls insecure App Engine feature

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 16 October 2012 12:22 PM
Now serves only HTTPS.
Etsy hardens up with SSL, HSTS and 2fa 

Etsy hardens up with SSL, HSTS and 2fa

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 12 October 2012 5:42 PM
Security upgrades surge ahead.
Teenager cracks Chrome again 

Teenager cracks Chrome again

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 10 October 2012 5:20 PM
Full exploit earns teen a cool US$60,000.
Google App Engine open to session jacking  

Google App Engine open to session jacking

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 10 October 2012 1:21 PM
Cookie snatching tool opens engine.
Android VXers earn big bucks on trader site 

Android VXers earn big bucks on trader site

In Web/client - By Danielle Walker, 13 September 2012 9:42 AM
Infected droids worth 10 times more than PCs.
Etsy joins bug bounty crew 

Etsy joins bug bounty crew

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 12 September 2012 9:59 AM
Offers $500 minimum, a t-shirt and a high-five.
Google acquires VirusTotal 

Google acquires VirusTotal

In Networks - By Marcos Colon, 10 September 2012 11:17 AM
Says it will stay independent.
Clueful outs iOS apps sending unprotected passwords 

Clueful outs iOS apps sending unprotected passwords

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 28 August 2012 11:40 AM
Morphs into web app to skirt Apple ban.
Google creates Red Team to curb privacy gaffes 

Google creates Red Team to curb privacy gaffes

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 23 August 2012 4:32 PM
Ad posted for a skilled engineer.
McAfee update chaos sparks user fury 

McAfee update chaos sparks user fury

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 21 August 2012 2:33 PM
Enterprises offered hotfix, consumers asked to reinstall.
Google boosts bug bounty  

Google boosts bug bounty

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 17 August 2012 9:06 AM
Cash prizes double.
Adobe misses serious bugs in Reader 

Adobe misses serious bugs in Reader

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 16 August 2012 2:14 PM
Vulnerabilities detailed in Windows, Mac and Linux
Researcher demos Catch Notes data-stealing hole 

Researcher demos Catch Notes data-stealing hole

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 13 August 2012 2:47 PM
Malicious apps steal text, voice and video.
Google Play issues security warning to app developers 

Google Play issues security warning to app developers

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 6 August 2012 4:24 PM
Devs given 30 days to fix bad apps.
Modular Android malware dev kit to be released 

Modular Android malware dev kit to be released

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 3 August 2012 10:13 AM
Lets writers steal contacts, SD card contents and eavesdrop with ease.
#BlackHat: Researchers upload dangerous app to Google Play store 

#BlackHat: Researchers upload dangerous app to Google Play store

In Applications - By Fahmida Y. Rashid, 30 July 2012 11:51 AM
Google's Bouncer beat by legit JavaScript trick.
#BlackHat: Phones hijacked by malicious NFC tag 

#BlackHat: Phones hijacked by malicious NFC tag

In Messaging - By Marcos Colon, 30 July 2012 8:37 AM
Android, Nokia compromised.
Google could pay $22 million for bypassing Safari settings 

Google could pay $22 million for bypassing Safari settings

In Web/client - By Fahmida Y. Rashid, 11 July 2012 9:56 AM
The US Federal Trade Commission might levy its stiffest penalty yet against the search giant after repeated privacy infractions.
100,000 Chinese Android users owned by trojan 

100,000 Chinese Android users owned by trojan

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 9 July 2012 6:08 PM
Downloads movies, buys apps and captures CAPTCHA.
Researchers question Android spam botnet 

Researchers question Android spam botnet

In Applications - By Fahmida Y. Rashid, 9 July 2012 10:11 AM
More proof needed.
Suspected trojan found in Apple App Store 

Suspected trojan found in Apple App Store

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 9 July 2012 9:12 AM
Creator says it's in 'beta-testing'.
20,000 malicious apps hawked on droid store 

20,000 malicious apps hawked on droid store

In Applications - By SC Staff, 6 July 2012 8:45 AM
The number of malicious apps doubled in 30 days.
Microsoft still bucks bug bounty trend 

Microsoft still bucks bug bounty trend

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 28 June 2012 3:30 PM
Redmond says BlueHat is better.
13 million searches warn of hacked sites: Google 

13 million searches warn of hacked sites: Google

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 21 June 2012 12:20 AM
Company detects 9500 malicious sites every day.
Google, Facebook fights malvertisers 

Google, Facebook fights malvertisers

In Applications - By Marcos Colon, 19 June 2012 2:14 PM
Giants want to bring integrity into ads.
Google warns users of state-sponsored hacking 

Google warns users of state-sponsored hacking

In Cloud - By Darren Pauli, 6 June 2012 11:36 AM
Keeps methodology under wraps.
Security boffins slip past Google Bouncer 

Security boffins slip past Google Bouncer

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 5 June 2012 2:53 PM
New app store security checkpoint misses malicious app.
Google boots serial malware writer from Play Store  

Google boots serial malware writer from Play Store

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 10 May 2012 1:44 PM
Uploads fake anti-virus apps.
First drive-by Android malware detected 

First drive-by Android malware detected

In Applications - By Marcos Colon, 4 May 2012 9:12 AM
Malware writers "even lazier than before".
Netstumbler creator behind Google wi-fi snoop 

Netstumbler creator behind Google wi-fi snoop

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 2 May 2012 12:50 AM
Investigator outs engineer.
Samsung TVs, Blu-ray vulnerable to eternal boot loop 

Samsung TVs, Blu-ray vulnerable to eternal boot loop

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 20 April 2012 8:10 AM
Not your typical remote control.
BlackBerry most secure enterprise OS  

BlackBerry most secure enterprise OS

In Messaging - By SC Staff, 12 April 2012 3:00 AM
Windows Phone "reasonably robust".
Android concept app siphons sensitive data 

Android concept app siphons sensitive data

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 11 April 2012 11:12 AM
Application bypasses permissions to steal SD and app data.
Google SSL by default appears in Firefox beta 

Google SSL by default appears in Firefox beta

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 22 March 2012 10:55 AM
But secure surfing too slow for Chrome.
Bank tokens swiped from Android phones 

Bank tokens swiped from Android phones

In Applications - By Marcos Colon, 20 March 2012 9:16 AM
Intercepts one time tokens through SMS.
Chrome cracked at Pwn2Own 

Chrome cracked at Pwn2Own

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 9 March 2012 9:45 AM
Google's browser first to fall at CanSecWest.
Adobe and Google patch flaws 

Adobe and Google patch flaws

In Applications - By SC Staff, 7 March 2012 5:33 AM
Dirty dozen high risk flaws fixed in Chrome.
Duo arrested over $148,000 Android malware scam 

Duo arrested over $148,000 Android malware scam

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 29 February 2012 5:15 AM
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of developing mobile malware that ended up on more than 2000 Android devices.
Obama introduces privacy 'Bill of Rights' for online users 

Obama introduces privacy 'Bill of Rights' for online users

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 27 February 2012 8:21 AM
Web giants sign up for 'do not track'.
Anonymous hacks FTC over Google privacy, ACTA 

Anonymous hacks FTC over Google privacy, ACTA

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 21 February 2012 6:29 AM
Hackers claim to have rooted hundreds of FTC servers.
Bungled update sees Microsoft block Google 

Bungled update sees Microsoft block Google

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 17 February 2012 11:34 AM
Microsoft anti-virus detected phantom Blackhole exploit kit.
Flaw lets crooks rob Google Wallets 

Flaw lets crooks rob Google Wallets

In Applications - By Stephen Lawton, 15 February 2012 6:34 AM
Google kills Android app "as a precaution".
Google pays $381,000 in bug bounties 

Google pays $381,000 in bug bounties

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 12 February 2012 10:04 PM
Payments used to squash 1100 vulnerabilities since November 2010.
Crims make $3 million a year off Android botnet 

Crims make $3 million a year off Android botnet

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 12 February 2012 10:03 PM
Uni researcher finds world's biggest Android botnet.
Google employs Bouncer to cleanse Android malware 

Google employs Bouncer to cleanse Android malware

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 5 February 2012 9:41 AM
Claims malware app downloads had dropped 40 per cent.
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