Google announced on Monday that their newest development, My Account, will give users quick access to the tools and settings that will help protect data and safeguard privacy. My Account has two special features: Privacy Check...
Read MoreAll you have to do is check Google’s online security settings on or before February 17 to get another 2GB storage in your Google Drive, if they review their online security settings before Feb. 17. If you missed the deadline, do...
Read MoreIn the purpose of combatting online security breach, Google launched ‘Project Zero’, an initiative based on the company’s current security protocols. The main objective of Project Zero is to fight online users who are exploiting...
Read More“We’ve slashed account hijackings by 99.7%” – Google Google appears to be making strides in the war against account hijacking. The ads, search and webmail giant recently announced that it had reduced...
Read MorePakistan’s web users were left high and dry over the weekend after nearly 300 high profile sites including Google.com.pk, Microsoft.pk, Apple.pk and Yahoo.pk were hacked and defaced by what appears to be a mixture of Pakistani...
Read MoreGoogle has acquired VirusTotal, a free service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs, and facilitates the detection of malware, worms, viruses and trojans. VirusTotal says, there are two key elements of the acquisition: 1)...
Read MoreGoogle security officials said they are in the process of verifying the vulnerability, which if valid, will net Pinkie Pie $60,000, the top reward for the second Pwnium competition held this year. The reward goes to someone who...
Read MoreThree months after it first began warning users of state-sponsored cyber attacks, Google is saying that the assault has only intensified. The New York Times reports that since it began warning users of state-sponsored attacks,...
Read MoreRecently, Wired Senior Editor and a well-known tech writer Mat Honan’s life was turned upside-down when hackers broke into his online accounts including Amazon, Gmail, and iCloud.
Read MoreBitDefender said in a blog that a new scam is targeting Facebook and Gmail.
The fresh scam asks unwary users to “link” their credit card information with either Facebook or Google and transform these accounts into digital wallets.
Read MoreAn SMS Trojan was spotted in the Google Play marketplace, distributed via a series of wallpaper apps that may look legitimate at first glance but connect to a Dropbox account to download an additional package named “Activator.apk”. Bitdefender said in a blogpost.
Read MoreA security flaw in Internet Explorer is triggering messages in some users’ Gmail accounts that they may be the target of an attack from a nation-state.
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