Google > Google: Security
Mar. 5, 2008 at 4:49pm by Barry Schwartz
Oops! Google's SSL Certificate Throwing Out Scary Warnings
Everyone is noticing that when they go to their Google Account through AdWords, AdSense, Analytics, or any Google page that requires SSL, they are being prompted with a security warning. Typically, its not a major deal, right? Well, not if you are trying to get customers to buy on your...
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Feb. 13, 2008 at 9:01am by Barry Schwartz
Google Study: 1.3% Google Searches Return At Least One Malicious Result
Web Browsing, Search, And Online Ads Grow More Risky, Google Says from InformationWeek reports on a recent Google Study named All Your iFRAMEs Point to Us that shows 1.3% of Google searches returned at least one malicious result. Niels Provos, a security engineer at Google, lead the study that took...
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Sep. 19, 2007 at 10:28am by Barry Schwartz
Google Presentations Security Issue Leaked Email Addresses
Nathan Weinberg reports that Google fixed a security issue with the new Google Presentations, which leaked user email addresses to the public. What happened was that when webmasters tried to embed presentations into their web pages, it would then log people into Google Talk via their Google Account. After they...
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Aug. 9, 2007 at 8:37am by Barry Schwartz
Google Deletes Custom Search Blog After Marking It As Spam
Google Custom Search Blog Hacked? from Google Blogoscoped quickly reported what appeared to be a hack of Google's official Custom Search Blog. But what really happened was that Google marked their own blog as a spam blog and ultimately removed the blog from Blogger, allowing someone else to claim the...
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Jul. 10, 2007 at 8:35am by Barry Schwartz
What Triggers Google CAPTCHA Requests When Searching
Ever done a search at Google and get a message saying you need to type some characters to keep searching? Those characters are called a CAPTCHA, a method designed to help someone prove they aren't an automated program hitting Google. Sometimes Google can mistake a human for programs like these,...
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Jul. 9, 2007 at 9:15am by Barry Schwartz
Google Buys Security Company Postini For $625 Million
Google announced (and here) the acquisition of Postini, a software security for electronic communications company for $625 million. Google said that this company would become a division of Google Apps. They will help secure Google Apps including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Talk, Calendar and Google's other applications. "With this transaction,...
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Apr. 23, 2007 at 9:22am by Barry Schwartz
Google Security: Google Mac Blog Hacked & Google Calendar Users Not Being Safe
The Google Mac Blog was hacked this weekend, at least the second time an official Google blog has been hacked. It was restored fairly quickly. In somewhat related news, Chris Pirillo noticed Google Calendar users storing their private passwords in their public calendars....
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Feb. 21, 2007 at 9:21am by Barry Schwartz
Google Desktop Hole Exposed, Fixed
BusinessWeek reports that Google Desktop had a major defect that could have potentially enabled hackers to view personal files on a computer with Google Desktop installed. The hole was plugged February 1st, a few weeks after it was discovered by Watchfire Corp. Google says it has no evidence the vulnerability...
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Jan. 23, 2007 at 9:15am by Barry Schwartz
Google Takes Action To 'Strip' Confidential Information From Google Blacklist
Vnunet reports that Google has admitted to the leak of passwords via the Google Blacklist. But Google has also issued a statement saying that they "procedures have been put in place to strip login information from future submissions." As I noted yesterday, this is not the first time confidential information...
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Jan. 22, 2007 at 9:08am by Barry Schwartz
Google's Blacklist Of Phishing Sites Contained Bank Information & More Confidential Details
Google Blacklist Contained Confidential Information at Techcrunch reports that Google's phishing blacklist, which is publicly available for anyone to see, had confidential information enclosed. Such information included "usernames and passwords of individuals, including credentials for accounts at banks and other financial institutions." Google has quietly removed the information that may...
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Jan. 15, 2007 at 2:35pm by Chris Sherman
Hacking Google To Help It Improve Security
Last Friday, Philipp Lenssen wrote a fascinating post describing how his associate Tony Ruscoe was able to access Philipp's Google account: "It’s your worst nightmare – someone reads parts of your Google emails, views your docs, modifies your spreadsheets, checks out your reading habits on the Google personalized homepage or...
