User data use determined Germany’s antitrust watchdog open an investigation regarding Google. The authorities want to determine if the company violates country’s competition laws. They want to see if it is exploiting its dominance to prioritise its shopping price…
Google under attack: Hackers targeted Chrome and Drive
November 3, 2020
Hackers put Google under attack in the last few days. Thus, they decided to send malicious links to hundreds of thousands of users. So, scammers used one of the Drive features to determine users click on malicious links.
Also, they exploited a zero-day vulnerability, which…
Chrome will block risky downloads
February 10, 2020
Google announced that Chrome will block risky downloads, soon. This step is set in order to make browsing more secure. Thus, Google considers “mixed content downloads” initiated on HTTPS web pages but which originate from HTTP pages, as unsafe.
So, starting Chrome 83…
Less intrusive ads in videos, from Google
February 7, 2020
Google announced less intrusive ads in videos both in its Chrome browser and on YouTube. Thus, Chrome will block ads that play in the middle of videos up to 8 minutes long. Also, YouTube won’t show those ads in the first place.
The decision comes as Google wants to…
Chrome's latest update is wiping users' data
December 18, 2019
Chrome’s latest update was paused by Google due to concerns that a bug is wiping users’ data.
The latest version of the most popular browser is Chrome 79. And more than 1 billion people use the web browser. The reported bug seems to affect only apps that use…
Chrome warns you if your password was stolen
December 15, 2019
Chrome warns you if your password was stolen, according to Google’s announcement. So, Google will alert users if their credentials were compromised. The new feature was integrated into Google Accounts. Thus, users have an easy way to check if their login credentials…
New Chrome 0-day bug, patched. Update your browser!
November 1, 2019
Your Chrome browser needs urgent update! The latest version was released on Halloween night. Google is warning its billions of users to immediately install the update, in order to patch two high severity vulnerabilities. One of these was actively exploited to hijack…