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The Advanced Protection Program comes to Google Nest (Mon, 01 Jun 2020)

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Expanding our work with the open source security community (Thu, 28 May 2020)

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Enhanced Safe Browsing Protection now available in Chrome (Tue, 19 May 2020)

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Introducing portability of Google Authenticator 2SV codes across Android devices (Fri, 08 May 2020)

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Top Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Solutions (Tue, 28 Apr 2020)
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions offer continuous monitoring and response to advanced security threats. Here are the top EDR vendors.
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Research Grants to support Google VRP Bug Hunters during COVID-19 (Mon, 20 Apr 2020)

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Introducing our new book “Building Secure and Reliable Systems” (Wed, 08 Apr 2020)

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Announcing our first GCP VRP Prize winner and updates to 2020 program (Wed, 11 Mar 2020)

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Top Cybersecurity Employee Training Programs (Tue, 10 Mar 2020)
Employees are the weakest part of your cybersecurity defenses; here are 9 top security training vendors that can help.
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How Google Play Protect kept users safe in 2019 (Tue, 10 Mar 2020)

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How Google does certificate lifecycle management (Tue, 10 Mar 2020)

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FuzzBench: Fuzzer Benchmarking as a Service (Mon, 02 Mar 2020)

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20 Vendors Making News at RSA Conference 2020 (Fri, 28 Feb 2020)
From new startups to established companies, a range of new and updated cybersecurity technologies were announced at RSA Conference 2020.
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Helping Developers with Permission Requests (Thu, 27 Feb 2020)

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Data Encryption on Android with Jetpack Security (Wed, 26 Feb 2020)

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Improving Malicious Document Detection in Gmail with Deep Learning (Tue, 25 Feb 2020)

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Disruptive ads enforcement and our new approach (Thu, 20 Feb 2020)

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Titan Security Keys - now available in Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK (Tue, 18 Feb 2020)

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How we fought bad apps and malicious developers in 2019 (Wed, 12 Feb 2020)

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Top Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Solutions (Wed, 12 Feb 2020)
DLP tools are a top IT spending priority because of their ability to protect sensitive data. Here are 8 of the best DLP solutions.
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Protecting users from insecure downloads in Google Chrome (Thu, 06 Feb 2020)

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Say hello to OpenSK: a fully open-source security key implementation (Thu, 30 Jan 2020)

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Top Cloud Security Companies (Wed, 29 Jan 2020)
Cloud computing has brought enormous benefits - and risks. Here are the vendors leading the way with state-of-the-art cloud security products.
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Vulnerability Reward Program: 2019 Year in Review (Tue, 28 Jan 2020)

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18 Hot Cybersecurity Startups for 2020 (Thu, 16 Jan 2020)
Here are 18 hot IT security startups addressing everything from IoT security and blockchain to artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Have an iPhone? Use it to protect your Google Account with the Advanced Protection Program (Wed, 15 Jan 2020)

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Securing open-source: how Google supports the new Kubernetes bug bounty (Tue, 14 Jan 2020)

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PHA Family Highlights: Bread (and Friends) (Thu, 09 Jan 2020)

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Top Cybersecurity Companies (Fri, 03 Jan 2020)
These IT security vendors lead the market through their innovative offerings, range of products and services, customer satisfaction and annual revenue
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IT Security Employment Outlook 2020: Jobs, Compensation Plentiful (Sat, 21 Dec 2019)
2020 promises to be another strong year in the cybersecurity jobs market. Here are the security skills that will be most in demand.
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Announcing updates to our Patch Rewards program in 2020 (Wed, 18 Dec 2019)

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Protecting programmatic access to user data with Binary Authorization for Borg (Tue, 17 Dec 2019)

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Edge Security: How to Secure the Edge of the Network (Thu, 12 Dec 2019)
Edge computing has created new security challenges. We offer an overview of edge security and the top vendors who can help.
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Better password protections in Chrome - How it works (Tue, 10 Dec 2019)

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IT Security Outlook 2020: The Security Arms Race Escalates (Fri, 06 Dec 2019)
Sophisticated cyberattacks will be met with innovative solutions from security vendors, and CCPA will keep compliance issues in the forefront.
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How to Comply with CCPA (Wed, 20 Nov 2019)
The California Consumer Privacy Act takes effect in a little more than a month. Here's what you need to do to be ready for the new data privacy law.
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Compliance and Data Privacy Regs IT Security Pros Should Worry About (Wed, 20 Nov 2019)
GDPR is the latest compliance and data privacy reg to affect IT security. We list many more – along with legal issues and GRC solutions to consider.
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Top Application Security Products (Mon, 04 Nov 2019)
Application security is a widespread problem. These security tools can help find and fix application vulnerabilities before hackers exploit them.
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Top Penetration Testing Tools (Fri, 04 Oct 2019)
Penetration testing should be an ongoing practice for all IT security teams. Here are the best pen test tools for finding your vulnerabilities.
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John the Ripper: Pen Testing Product Overview and Analysis (Fri, 04 Oct 2019)
John the Ripper is a great tool for anyone checking for password vulnerability.
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Aircrack-ng: Pen Testing Product Overview and Analysis (Thu, 03 Oct 2019)
Aircrack-ng is the go-to tool for analyzing and cracking wireless networks.
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Wireshark: Pen Testing Product Overview and Analysis (Wed, 02 Oct 2019)
Wireshark is a strong network protocol analyzer, but a pen testing tool is needed to exploit any vulnerabilities.
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Nmap: Pen Testing Product Overview and Analysis (Mon, 30 Sep 2019)
Nmap is a port scanner more than a penetration testing tool, but it aids pen testing by flagging the best areas to target in an attack.
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Fiddler: Pen Testing Product Overview and Analysis (Fri, 27 Sep 2019)
Fiddler is a useful collection of manual tools for dealing with web debugging, web session manipulation, and security and performance testing.
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Nessus: Pen Testing Product Overview and Analysis (Thu, 26 Sep 2019)
Nessus is a paid vulnerability assessment tool that is best for experienced security teams, and should be used in conjunction with pen testing tools.
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Latest Intelligence for October 2017 (Fri, 10 Nov 2017)
Symantec research shows users to be twice as likely to encounter threats through email as any other infection vector, and the spam rate declines slightly for the second month in a row.

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Sowbug: Cyber espionage group targets South American and Southeast Asian governments (Tue, 07 Nov 2017)
Group uses custom Felismus malware and has a particular interest in South American foreign policy.

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Ramnit worm: Still turning up in unlikely places (Fri, 27 Oct 2017)
Over 90 Ramnit-infected apps removed from Google Play.

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BadRabbit: New strain of ransomware hits Russia and Ukraine (Wed, 25 Oct 2017)
BadRabbit is self-propagating and has many similarities to the June 2017 Petya / NotPetya outbreak.