‘External Artices’ Archives
Dutch National Crime Squad Announces Takedown of »
The High Tech Crime Team (THTC) of the National Crime Squad today announced the takedown of a dangerous botnet. The botnet had infected at least 30 million computers worldwide. The botnet was part of the Bredolab network, used by cybercriminals to distribute malware to unsuspecting users’ computers. Working in close collaboration with a Dutch [...]
Do Know Evil: Web Application Vulnerabilities »
Posted by Bruce Leban, Software Engineer We want Google employees to have a firm understanding of the threats our services face, as well as how to help protect against those threats. We work toward these goals in a variety of ways, including security training for new engineers, technical presentations about security, and other types of [...]
Online Anonymity – Is It Boon or Bane? »
Many people might choose to have a vague identity and become more or less anonymous in normal life. They, too, try to get along with the same level of privacy on the internet. Despite the borrowing of other user's accounts or by forging identities of some internet users, one of the most common and least complicated ways of obtaining anonymity on [...]
Piracy Isn’t Being Avoided With The Antipiracy »
Piracy, particularly in music, has become exceptionally easy, and because of the wide availability and accessibility of digital media, copyright violations have never been so widespread. Many people aren't even aware if and when they are violating copyrights or illegally using intellectual property. A new Trojan is hoping to capitalize on this [...]
