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Google Rolls Out New Defense Against Spectre and Meltdown

Chrome now includes a new feature called Site Isolation that can help defend against speculative execution attacks in the browser.

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Google Puts Plaintext HTTP Out to Pasture

Google Chrome will mark all HTTP pages as not secure in the coming months, a major milestone in the overdue death of plaintext connections.

Google, Encryption

Google Asylo Lets Devs Build Confidential Computing Apps

Protect the data at rest and in transit. How about while in use? Google’s open source framework Asylo helps developers use secure enclaves with their applications without having to know the specifics of how TEEs work or learning how to use specialized tools.

Google, Cloud, Appdev, Encryption, Tools

Here’s Why Chrome is Scanning Your Computer for Malware

Recent reports have highlighted Chrome Cleanup, a lesser-known security feature in Chrome that looks for potentially harmful software that can potentially hijack the web browser. While good for user security, Google should make information about the tool easier to understand and easier to find.

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How Attackers Try to Outmaneuver Google Play Security

Malicious app developers are using anti-reverse engineering tactics to get around Google Play security restrictions.

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