Google+ Find My Face is an opt-in service that uses facial recognition for photo tagging. Facebook launched its service as opt-out, which is why Google is trying to score points with privacy … [Read more...]
Google increases security on it’s SSL connections
Thursday, 24 November 2011 By
Google has modified the encryption method used by its HTTPS-enabled services including Gmail, Docs and Google+, in order to prevent current traffic from being decrypted in the future when … [Read more...]
Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt blasted proposed legislation
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 By
Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt blasted proposed legislation to tighten online copyright regulation on Tuesday, saying the bills would lead to censorship of the Internet. Intended to … [Read more...]
Fraudulent Google certificate in the wild for 2 months
Tuesday, 30 August 2011 By
Security researchers have discovered a counterfeit web certificate for Google.com circulating on the internet that gives attackers the encryption keys needed to impersonate Gmail and virtually every … [Read more...]
Belgian justice fines Google for StreetView privacy invasions
Friday, 19 August 2011 By
Belgian justice has proposed a settlement to Google for an amount of 150.000 Euro. Google has violated Belgian privacy laws because Google's Street View cars collected data about private … [Read more...]
Google at war with malware
Friday, 19 August 2011 By
In a post on Google's security blog, Lucas Ballard and Niels Provos, of the Google Security Team say: Google’s Safe Browsing initiative has been protecting users from web pages that install … [Read more...]
Google gets to fight over 9 complaints with EU
Wednesday, 3 August 2011 By
Google faces a total of nine antitrust complaints which EU regulators are now investigating, two sources said on Tuesday, as rivals ramped up the pressure on the world No. 1 search … [Read more...]
Google 2-step authentication available in 150 countries
Saturday, 30 July 2011 By
Nishit Shah, Product Manager, Google Security is writing on the Google blog: Earlier this year, we introduced a security feature called 2-step verification that helps protect your Google Account … [Read more...]
How your kids fool you on social media networks
Tuesday, 26 July 2011 By
Forty years ago, in the moments before the late-night news came on the air, television stations began running a public service announcement: "It's 11 o'clock. Do you know where your children … [Read more...]
Google+ causes spam wave (due to a bug)
Monday, 11 July 2011 By
Some early adopters of Google+ have found themselves bombarded with multiple notification messages in their email, due to a bug in the social networking's code after the site - astonishingly - ran out … [Read more...]
Hotmail and Yahoo email also targetted; Gmail not the only victim
Monday, 6 June 2011 By
Gmail hasn't been the only Web-based email program under attack; some users of Hotmail and Yahoo Mail are also having the same problem. While Google said it believes its attacks emanated from China, … [Read more...]
Google detected and disrupted a plan to break into Gmail accounts
Thursday, 2 June 2011 By
Google revealed yesterday that it had "detected and disrupted" a plan to break into hundreds of Gmail accounts through a series of phishing attacks. The targets of the attacks included top government … [Read more...]
Google exec Ghonim became star of Egyptian revolution through social networks
Tuesday, 24 May 2011 By
A Google executive who became the face of the Egyptian democratic uprisings earlier this year said on Monday that social networking was now a key to political activism. "You can't keep a … [Read more...]
Google is fixing security issue on Android
Friday, 20 May 2011 By
Google is implementing a server-side fix to address the authentication flaw that allows third-parties to access Android user data on Google Calendar, Contacts and Picasa. Google is planning to fix … [Read more...]
Website security (basics) for webmasters (by Google)
Friday, 6 May 2011 By
Users are taught to protect themselves from malicious programs by installing sophisticated antivirus software, but they often also entrust their private information to various websites. As a result, … [Read more...]
