Posted October 19, 2012 They’re assuredly hitting the roof at financial printer R.R. Donnelly, where whoever hit the “send” button on Google’s quarterly results must have missed the “Pending Larry Quote” note clearly marked on the first page. Talk about a costly accidental data leak… For more, here’s the story.
Google staffs up ‘Red Team’ to protect the world from its privacy lapses
Posted August 24, 2012 Is the job listing for a Data Privacy Engineer proof that Google’s mending its privacy ways, or is the gesture as empty as the HTML form it used to slip past Safari’s no-tracking controls? For all the gory details, read the full story on Naked Security.
Google in trouble with UK ICO over Street View data – again
Posted July 30, 2012 Google has admitted that it still has some Street View data that the UK Information Commissioner’s Office told it to get rid of in 2010. Read all about it.
PayPal starts bounty program for security bugs
Posted June 25, 2012 If you’ve found a security issue with PayPal, you could receive a monetary reward for informing the firm responsibly. Read.
Gmail accounts targeted by ‘state-sponsored attackers’ using Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability
Posted June 15, 2012 Both Google and Microsoft have put out alerts about an unpatched, zero-day hole in Internet Explorer that is actively being exploited in the wild. If you’re using IE & Windows, install Microsoft’s Fix-it workaround immediately. I also included a bunch of tips from Graham on how to protect your Gmail account from [...]
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Google pleads for YouTube real-name use
Posted on November 2, 2012 by Lisa Vaas in Google, Privacy, Security, social networks, Technology
Posted July 26, 2012 Google is attempting to clean up YouTube commentary, by pleading with commenters to use real names when posting. Here’s the story.