Security News

Google Chrome is making it easier to share specific parts of long PDFs
2025-01-04 19:18

Google is adding the Text Fragment feature to its PDF reader to make it easier to share specific parts of long PDFs. [...]

Google Is Allowing Device Fingerprinting
2025-01-02 20:22

Lukasz Olejnik writes about device fingerprinting, and why Google’s policy change to allow it in 2025 is a major privacy setback.

New details reveal how hackers hijacked 35 Google Chrome extensions
2024-12-31 18:54

New details have emerged about a phishing campaign targeting Chrome browser extension developers that led to the compromise of at least thirty-five extensions to inject data-stealing code,...

Scams Based on Fake Google Emails
2024-12-26 16:09

Scammers are hacking Google Forms to send email to victims that come from google.com. Brian Krebs reports on the effects. Boing Boing post.

UK ICO not happy with Google's plans to allow device fingerprinting
2024-12-23 09:31

Also, Ascension notifies 5.6M victims, Krispy Kreme bandits come forward, LockBit 4.0 released, and more in brief Google has announced plans to allow its business customers to begin...

Google Chrome uses AI to analyze pages in new scam detection feature
2024-12-20 21:31

Google is using artificial intelligence to power a new Chrome scam protection feature that analyzes brands and the intent of pages as you browse the web. [...]

Google says new scam protection feature in Chrome uses AI
2024-12-20 21:31

Google is planning to use "AI" in Chrome to detect scams when you browse random web pages. [...]

Ongoing phishing attack abuses Google Calendar to bypass spam filters
2024-12-18 23:16

An ongoing phishing scam is abusing Google Calendar invites and Google Drawings pages to steal credentials while bypassing spam filters. [...]

Phishers cast wide net with spoofed Google Calendar invites
2024-12-18 00:58

Not that you needed another reason to enable the 'known senders' setting Criminals are spoofing Google Calendar emails in a financially motivated phishing expedition that has already affected...

Google Timeline location purge causes collateral damage
2024-12-13 21:08

Privacy measure leaves some mourning lost memories A year ago, Google announced plans to save people's Location History, which it now calls Timeline, locally on devices rather than on its servers.…