There's more to Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) than just better camera controls, near-field communication support and the redesigned interface. Google has also been working on making the latest version of Android the safest yet, and several of the features are mighty sharp for a melty brick of ice cream.
CNET has recently confirmed with Google that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update will let users disable any application, even those apps that the manufacturer and carrier preinstall as part of their business deals.
The ability to shut down unwanted apps also extends to the browser and Gmail.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer will be the first Android tablet to receive an update to Android 4.0, 'Ice Cream Sandwich', announced today by Google in tandem with the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone..
Consumers trying to recover forgotten Gmail passwords have been reminded not to use the widely-circulating Gmail hacker Pro software, which claims it can recover passwords for a fee.
Webmail password recovery scams are nothing new but this particular one can turn up in several guises, starting with the simple fee scam uncovered by GFI Labs. Gmail Hacker claims it can search the hard drive for the forgotten Gmail password, returning it for a fee of $29.99 (19), in spite of the fact that Google itself offers the same password recovery and reset for nothing using its own service.
Google is making secure sockets layer (SSL) encrypted search the default for signed-in users as part of an effort to help preserve security and privacy, especially when using unsecured wireless networks or Internet cafes.
Google has shipped another Chrome browser update with fixes for several “high-risk” security vulnerabilities that expose Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users to malicious hacker attacks.
The new Google Chrome version 14.0.835.202 also contains Adobe Flash Player 11, a software update that includes several security and privacy goodies.
As part of its bug bounty program, Google spent about $10,000 to buy the rights to the vulnerability information from security researchers.
L33tdawg: Further details of Riley's talk is here and the finalized conference agenda (PDF) is also available for download
Google updated Chrome over the weekend to help users affected by Microsoft's errant flagging of the browser as malware.
New versions of Chrome for both the "stable" and "beta" channels were released Saturday, the day after Microsoft's antivirus products identified Chrome as the Zeus botnet Trojan, and deleted the "chrome.exe" file on some users' Windows PCs.
L33tdawg: Riley's spilling more details at HITBSecConf2011 - Malaysia in just 2 weeks... Online registration is open till the 7th and further details of his presentation is here.
27 of a 100 tested Google Chrome extensions have been found vulnerable to data (passwords, history, etc.) extraction attacks though specially crafted malicious websites or by attackers on public WiFi networks.
A trio of security researchers have manually analyzed 50 of the most popular Chrome extensions and added to that list 50 more chosen by random.
