News in the Google category

Google Reducing Trust in Symantec Certificates Following Numerous Slip-Ups

Google Chrome engineers announced plans today to gradually remove trust in old Symantec SSL certificates and intent to reduce the accepted validity period of newly issued Symantec certificates, following repeated slip-ups on the part of Symantec.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 23, 2017
- 04:58 PM
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Bluetooth Bug Lets Burglars Disable Google Nest Cams

Burglars can use a recently disclosed security flaw affecting several Google Nest cams to make vulnerable cameras go offline for approximately 60 to 90 seconds. The flaw can be exploited via the cameras' Bluetooth connection and can provide thieves with the time window they need to get close and break into a home unseen.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 23, 2017
- 10:40 AM
- 0
Google to Remove Chrome "Close Other Tabs" & "Close Tabs to the Right" Options

Chrome engineers are planning to remove two options from Chrome that allow users to quickly close a large number of tabs with just a few clicks.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 21, 2017
- 06:40 AM
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Google Home Devices Start Playing Ads, Forcing Many to Reconsider Their Purchase

Earlier today, several Google Home owners complained online about how their personal assistants started spewing ads out of the blue.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 16, 2017
- 07:13 PM
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Chrome 57 Limits Background Tabs Usage to 1% per CPU Core

Starting with Chrome 57, released last week, Google has put a muzzle on the amount of resources background tabs can use.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 14, 2017
- 03:55 PM
- 0
Google Launches Invisible reCAPTCHA with No User Interaction Required

Google has launched the latest version of the reCAPTCHA service, which won't ask users to click a checkbox, as it did until now.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 13, 2017
- 04:52 PM
- 0
Google Chrome 57 Released with WebAssembly Support, 36 Security Fixes

Version 57 of the Google Chrome for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, Mac, and Windows is available for download, or update, using the browser's built-in update feature.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 10, 2017
- 04:16 AM
- 0
50 Google Engineers Volunteered to Patch Thousands of Java Open Source Projects

A year ago, several Google engineers got together and lay the foundation of Operation Rosehub, a project during which Google employees used some of their official work time to patch thousands of open source projects against a severe and widespread Java vulnerability.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 02, 2017
- 08:27 AM
- 1
Tens of Thousands of Chromebooks Fail Due to Bug in Security Product

A large chunk of the 120,000 Chromebooks deployed at Maryland's Montgomery County schools went down last week after computers using Symantec BlueCoat security software weren't able to handle TLS 1.3 connections that Google started supporting with the release of Chrome and Chrome OS 56.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 28, 2017
- 11:15 AM
- 1
Google Open-Sources Chrome Extension to Make PGP Encryption Easier in Gmail

Late Friday, last week, Google announced a new tool for security-minded users, called E2EMail, a Chrome extension that simplifies the installation of PGP encryption for Gmail.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 27, 2017
- 09:25 AM
- 0
Google Goes Public with Unpatched Microsoft Edge and IE Vulnerability

Google has gone public with details of a second unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft products, this time in Edge and Internet Explorer, after last week they've published details about a bug in the Windows GDI (Graphics Device Interface) component.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 24, 2017
- 07:55 PM
- 2
Google Announces First-Ever SHA1 Collision Attack

The SHA1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1) cryptographic hash function is now officially dead and useless, after Google announced today the first ever successful collision attack.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 23, 2017
- 09:40 AM
- 2
Google Shutting Down 'Site Search' Service, Moving Customers to CSE

Google confirmed yesterday it was shutting down its Site Search service, which is the commercial version of the free service Google Custom Search, also known as Custom Search Engine (CSE).
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 22, 2017
- 06:23 AM
- 4
Google, Bing Sign Anti-Piracy Deal That Will Demote Torrents in Search Results

Under the coordination of the UK government, rights holders and today's top two search engines have reached and signed an agreement that will demote piracy-related links in search results.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 21, 2017
- 05:03 AM
- 0
After Microsoft Delayed Patch Tuesday, Google Discloses Windows Bug

For the second time in three months, Google engineers have disclosed a bug in the Windows OS without Microsoft having released a fix before Google's announcement.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 18, 2017
- 11:20 AM
- 2
Chrome's Sandbox Feature Infringes on Three Patents So Google Must Now Pay $20M

After five years of litigation at various levels of the US legal system, today, following the conclusion of a jury trial, Google was ordered to pay $20 million to two developers after a jury ruled that Google had infringed on three patents when it designed some of Chrome's anti-malware features.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 13, 2017
- 12:45 PM
- 1
Wikipedia Comments Destroyed by a Few Highly Toxic Users

A joint study carried out by researchers from Alphabet's Jigsaw and the Wikimedia Foundation has analyzed all user comments left on Wikipedia in 2015 in order to identify how and why users launch in personal attacks, one of the many faces of online abuse.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 12, 2017
- 07:00 AM
- 2
Google Makes WordPress Site Owners Nervous Due to Confusing Security Alerts

For the past few days, Google has been making a lot of webmasters very nervous, as its Google Search Console service, formerly known as Google Webmaster, has been sending out security alerts to people it shouldn't.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 09, 2017
- 05:06 PM
- 2
Google Will Purge the Play Store of Android Apps Without a Valid Privacy Policy

Google plans to clean up the Play Store by limiting the visibility and even removing Android apps that don't have a listed privacy policy.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 09, 2017
- 04:20 AM
- 3
Gmail Drops Support for Windows XP and Vista Users on Chrome

Google says that starting with February 8, Chrome users will have to use version 54 or 55 (current) if they want to access their Gmail accounts.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 02, 2017
- 05:50 AM
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