Google Wants to Keep ‘localhost’ Local
Credit to Author: Michael Byrne| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:37:50 +0000
A quirk in IETF standards potentially leaves private IP addresses exposed.
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Internal Reactions to Google Employee’s Manifesto Show Anti-Diversity Views Have Support
Credit to Author: Sarah Emerson| Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 23:25:19 +0000
“More people have been agreeing with it than I would like.”
Read MoreGoogle on Anti-Diversity Manifesto: Employees Must ‘Feel Safe Sharing Their Opinions’
Credit to Author: Sarah Emerson| Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 22:15:53 +0000
The company has responded to a document that went viral within the company.
Read MoreGoogle Employee’s Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes ‘Internally Viral’
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 06:01:48 +0000
“It’s not worth thinking about this as an isolated incident and instead a manifestation of what ails all of Silicon Valley.”
Read MoreFlash Player is Dead, Long Live Flash Player!
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:17:05 +0000
Adobe last week detailed plans to retire its Flash Player software, a cross-platform browser plugin so powerful and so packed with security holes that it has become the favorite target of malware developers. To help eradicate this ubiquitous liability, Adobe is enlisting the help of Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla. But don’t break out the bubbly just yet: Adobe says Flash won’t be put down officially until 2020.
Read MorePlay Protect: Android’s new security system is now available
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:04:56 +0000
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| Google Play Protect has just rolled out to Android user devices, further beefing up their security. Categories: Tags: AndroidGooglemalware scannermobile malwareplay protect |
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Read MorePorn Spam Botnet Has Evil Twitter Twin
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 12:11:35 +0000
Last month KrebsOnSecurity published research into a large distributed network of apparently compromised systems being used to relay huge blasts of junk email promoting “online dating” programs — affiliate-driven schemes traditionally overrun with automated accounts posing as women. New research suggests that another bot-promoting botnet of more than 80,000 automated female Twitter accounts has been pimping the same dating scheme and ginning up millions of clicks from Twitter users in the process.
Read MoreThe smart, alert, strong, kind, and brave way to internet awesome
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:00:44 +0000
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| This National Internet Safety Month, Google launches Be Internet Awesome, a campaign that aims to teach kids to explore the internet safely, smartly, and confidently. Who said that learning internet safety should be technical and boring? Categories: Tags: be internet awesomechild security onlineGoogleinternet awesomenational internet safety month |
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