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Who says high-profile websites are unhackable? We just witnessed Moroccan hackers taking over websites of tech giants and those claiming to protect users from hackers. A group of hackers going with the handle of The Exploit3rs hacked and defaced the official domains of Google, Microsoft and Kaspersky Labs all three designated for Morocco. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/google-vanuatu-domain-hacked/”]Google Vanuatu Domain […]
Google Chrome is the most used browser on the Internet as it is fast and secure. Google Chrome has many extensions in the Google Webstore which you can use to change the looks or/and functions of the browser. Have you ever thought of using Night Mode in Google Chrome? If not, then think now. It’s […]
You know it’s easy to download and delete your searches from Google Search, but did you know you can also delete or manage your audio and voice activity on Google? Whenever you use Google’s voice search functionality, whether it is Google Voice Search on your Android device for asking questions or Android’s text-to-speech feature for responding […]
The purpose of this scam message is to steal Google Account Login credentials. Users are urged to click on a fake link that leads to a rogue Google Account login page — When users submit their login details, scammers collect it to hijack their genuine Google accounts. A fake message has been doing the rounds […]
Google introduced its concept of material design and its specification to make the user interfaces more beautiful and uniform on devices all screen sizes. To make the websites more Material Design friendly, Google has released Material Design Lite (MDL) which comprises of vanilla CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. Google Developers have introduced this tool that will […]
By the first quarter of 2015, hacker/cyber-attackers have optimized their efforts to design Android Malware to such an extent that every seventeen seconds a new threat is detected by security experts. Android is undoubtedly the most widely used operating system in the world. Statistics recommends that around 61% of users around the world consider an […]
Google Apologizes after its Image Recognition Software Mistakenly Tags Black couple as Gorillas. A computer programmer Jacky Alcine saw his and a friend’s images labeled as “gorillas” in an album on Google Photos. The search engine giant explains that the mislabeling occurred due to a fault in its image recognition software. Google reportedly, is “appalled” […]
Today the Linux Foundation announced a new initiative called R Consortium- a group to unite the users of the open-source R programming language. Microsoft announced that it is joining it along with Google and more as a founding member. Apart from Microsoft and Google, the other founding members are Oracle, HP, Tibcom, RStudio and Alteryx […]
Phishing attacks have become a common norm now but lately, a different kind of social engineering hack has been identified, which uses a mobile phone to trap you. Now this can be termed as a seriously scary trick for hacking email accounts. This Symantec video explains that a new trick has been developed by attackers […]
Short Bytes: The web browsers we use are shipped with settings that promise private browsing to the users. In Google Chrome, this is known as the ‘Incognito’ mode whereas Firefox simply calls it ‘Private’ browsing. But, this mode isn’t as safe as you think. You need VPN services and Tor for full protection. the links […]
In 2013, we came up with a tutorial on How to undo sent emails on gmail. Now a new email tool has been announced by Google for its Gmail users so that they can retrieve emails that they have sent within 30 seconds. The new “Undo Send” tool by Google is an amazing new feature […]
Recently, a researcher revealed that Google might be spying on all of its Chromium web browser users by stealth downloading audio listeners onto their computer, which then transmits all the audio from computer’s microphone back to the Google servers. Well, this determines that Google had given itself the right to listen to everything happening within […]
For people who have been hit by the menace of revenge porn, a recent announcement by Google will bring some relief. Google has decided to remove “revenge porn” from its search results. The company said that anyone whose nude and sexual images and videos have been posted online without his/her consent, could approach Google for […]
A Sahrawi hacker going with the handle of Kuroi’SH hacked and defaced the Google Vanuatu domain in support for the freedom of Western Sahara. Hacker left a deface page along with a brief message on the hacked Google domain, bashing the company for poor security. The message also blames Moroccan government for allegedly mistreating the Sahrawi people. In an exclusive […]
Android Bug Bounty Program is here and it’s your time to report bugs and get paid. Google’s bug bounty or security rewards program that previously gave away millions of dollars to researcher who identified vulnerabilities in Google’s products such as Chrome since 2010 has been re-launched. The program has been extended now and will include […]
Since the last two years, the privacy focused search engine DuckDuckGo has witnessed a phenomenal 600% growth. The search engine was launched back in 2008 by Garbiel Weinberg and nobody expected to make any impression on the search market dominated by Google. Now after the seven years of its launch, this Philadelphia-based startup DuckDuckGo has […]
The genius minds at Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Apple are coming together to create WebAssembly (also known as wasm). This is a new binary format – bytecode – to be used in browsers in future and promises about 20 times faster performance. Bytecode is a machine-readable instruction set that is faster for web browser to […]
DDOS aka Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make an online service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources. Attacker target a wide variety of important resources and present a major challenge to making sure people can publish and access important information. We have seen many DDOS attack in past few […]
Google has recently launched the brand-new and charming Google Photos. This is available both on the web and mobile devices and is awesome when it comes to functionality and ease. This app is primarily focused on mobile devices but I’ve been using it to handle my large catalog of pictures stored on my PC and […]
Google, at its I/O conference that concluded recently, launched a range of initiatives aimed at making applications lighter and more user-friendly in low bandwidth situations specifically in developed regions. Most important of all the launched initiatives were the new updates of popular social networking forums such as Google Maps and YouTube. These updates include an […]
Trend Micro researchers have identified a new scheme in which scammers have used Facebook again to distribute malware. This malware has been masked as a video from Google Chrome video installer file. Christopher Talampas, prominent fraud analyst, identified and reported this scam after receiving message from his friend on Facebook, which contained a shortened URL […]