There’s a public spat between BlackBerry and Blackphone, the spunky start-up company trying to break into the crowded mobile market with promises of air-tight security. Can BlackBerry survive the competition?
Tag Archives: Google
Google+ drops real name policy. What do you think? [POLL]
Following years of criticism, Google announced on Tuesday that it is waving goodbye to the real names policy it employed to block the use of pseudonyms on its Google+ social network.
‘Hidden from Google’ site remembers the pages Google’s forced to forget
The newly launched site is archiving the pages Google was forced to de-index in the name of opening up to the internet as a whole the discussion regarding what should or should not be “forgotten.”
SSCC 156 – Warbiking in Manhattan, hubris for Google, and how less can be more [PODCAST]
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin are back with this week’s security podcast, turning plain old news into advice you can use.
No login links in emails, please! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Got a minute to spare? Watch this week’s 60 Second Security…
Google Drive security hole leaks users’ files
The flaw, which Google recently patched, was giving out original documents to unauthorized users via embedded links. It’s yet another example of how storing documents “in the cloud” means “heaven knows with whom”. 
Google lawsuit highlights why every business needs to manage its online presence
Virginia restaurant owner Rene Bertagna is suing Google, claiming that his business’ listing was sabotaged by a competitor and that the web giant turned a blind eye. 
Google’s Android security chief: Don’t bother with anti-virus. Is he serious?
Google’s chief security engineer for Android, Adrian Ludwig, claims that most users shouldn’t bother with anti-virus and that security companies are overstating the problem of Android malware. Can he be serious? …
SSCC 154: Fraud, viruses, patches and encryption (in that order!) [PODCAST]
Where does your country sit on the fraud list? Just how much can you trust SMSes on Android? Is Apple serious enough about iOS security? And will Google’s End-To-End email encryption plugin save the world? Find out with Chet and Duck in this week’s Chet Chat podcast…
Anatomy of a buffer overflow – Google’s “KeyStore” security module for Android
Here’s a cautionary tale about a bug, courtesy of IBM. Not that IBM had the bug, just to be clear: Google had the bug, and IBM researchers spotted it.