Google has released Chrome 39, fixing 42 security vulnerabilities and removing support for the fallback to SSLv3, the component that was the target of the POODLE attack revealed last month. When the POODLE attack was disclosed by several Google researchers in October, the company said that it had added a change to Chrome that would […]
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Google Releases Open Source Tool for Testing Web App Security Scanners
Google today released to open source security scanning tool called Firing Range, which is designed to test for cross-site scripting (XSS) and other vulnerabilities on a massive scale.
AVG Technologies and Google Renew Internet Search and Advertising Agreement
AMSTERDAM and SAN FRANCISCO – November 13, 2014 – AVG Technologies N.V. (NYSE: AVG), the online security company™ for 188 million active users, today announced it has signed a renewal of its Internet search and advertising services agreement with Google, Inc. This will help enable continued peace of mind among AVG customers with a unique and safer internet experience that’s powered by Google.
“We are excited to continue our relationship with Google,†said Andrew Reid, SVP at AVG Technologies. “With this agreement we will continue to offer AVG Secure Search powered by Google.â€
The agreement has a 16-month term. AVG’s secure search is part of its range of award-winning consumer product offerings. All of our products are designed to provide Internet users with a more secure online experience, no matter the type of device one uses.
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About AVG Technologies (NYSE: AVG)
AVG is the online security company providing leading software and services to secure devices, data and people. AVG has over 188 million active users, as of September 30, 2014, using AVG’s products and services including Internet security, performance optimization, and personal privacy and identity protection. By choosing AVG’s products, users become part of a trusted global community that engages directly with AVG to provide feedback and offer mutual support to other customers.
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Google security – how to lock down your Google account
If you use Gmail as your ‘main’ email account – or rely on Google services such as Drive for work – it’s well worth revisiting Google’s Settings menus to give your Google security a boost.
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Google Releases Nogotofail Tool to Test Network Security
The last year has produced a rogues’ gallery of vulnerabilities in transport layer security implementations and new attacks on the key protocols, from Heartbleed to the Apple gotofail flaw to the recent POODLE attack. To help developers and security researchers identify applications that are vulnerable to known SSL/TLS attacks and configuration problems, Google is releasing a […]
Google Working on Tool to Gather Stats While Preserving Privacy
Google is working on a new system that enables the company to collect randomized information about the way that users are affected by unwanted software on their machines, without gathering identifying data about the users. The system is known as RAPPOR (Randomized Aggregatable Privacy-Preserving Ordinal Response) and Google currently is testing it in Chrome. The […]
Google now offers USB key authentication
Google has added an extra layer of security to its browser, by introducing USB authentication to Chrome, the company has announced in an official blog post.
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Google Adds Hardware Security Key For Account Protection
Google is introducing an improved two-factor authentication system for Gmail and its other services that uses a tiny hardware token that will only work on legitimate Google sites. The new Security Key system is meant to help defeat attacks that rely on highly plausible fake sites that are designed to capture users’ credentials. Attackers often go […]
Browser Vendors Move to Disable SSLv3 in Wake of POODLE Attack
With details of the new POODLE attack on SSLv3 now public, browser vendors are in the process of planning how they’re going to address the issue in their products in a way that doesn’t break the Internet for millions of users but still provides protection. The attack, which was disclosed by a trio of Google […]
Google Fixes 159 Flaws in Chrome
Google updates its Chrome browser on a very aggressive timeline, often a couple of times a month. Usually, each update includes a handful of security fixes, maybe 12 or 15. On Tuesday, the company released Chrome 38, which patched a staggering 159 vulnerabilities. The huge majority of those patches–113 of them–fix minor vulnerabilities in the […]