Google shuts down bank snafu Gmail account
Google has resolved a lawsuit from a US bank that accidentally sent 1,300 confidential tax IDs to an innocent Gmail account, but not before the web giant complied with a court order to shutdown the account and disclose certain account info.
Bank Sends Sensitive E-mail to Wrong Gmail Address, Sues Google
A Wyoming bank sent an e-mail containing sensitive customer data to the wrong Gmail account, and now wants Google to reveal the identity of the account holder who received the data.
Symantec: Google Groups Used to Send Commands to Malware
Symantec researchers have uncovered a Trojan using a private newsgroup within Google Groups as a command and control server. The move follows an attempt to use Twitter as a C&C earlier this year.
Outed 'Skanks in NYC' blogger to sue Google
Last week, a judge ordered Google to reveal the name of a blogger who may have defamed Vogue model Liskula Cohen. Now Rosemary Port, whose "Skanks in NYC" blog suggested Cohen was a "skank" and a "ho" among other potentially negative descriptions, is now turning a little of her "frank in NYC" wrath on Google.
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Google Joins National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) Board of Directors
The NCSA is a nonprofit public private partnership that brings together government, corporate, nonprofit and academic organizations to conduct public education and awareness efforts to empower a digital citizenry to use the Internet safely and securely by protecting the computers and networks they use.
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Google Considers Tightening Gmail Security
Google announces that it may make use of HTTPS the default configuration for Gmail. The move comes after several security and privacy experts sent an open letter to the company urging enhanced protections for Gmail, Google Docs and Google Calendar.
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6 ways to protect your privacy on Google
Concerned that Google knows too much about you? The company provides many ways to protect your privacy online -- you just need to find them. Here are six good ones.
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Universities get $5 million in grants to use IBM/Google cloud
The IBM/Google cloud computing project for universities got a boost Thursday with the National Science Foundation awarding nearly $5 million in grants to 14 universities participating in the initiative.
Worm solves Gmail's CAPTCHA, creates fake accounts
A Vietnamese security company has detected what it believes is a new worm that thwarts Google's security protections in order to register new dummy Gmail accounts from which to send spam.
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