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Google on Thursday announced that it will start testing a new feature called "Tracking Protection" starting January 4, 2024, to 1% of Chrome users as part of its efforts to deprecate third-party...
A new wave of BazarCall attacks uses Google Forms to generate and send payment receipts to victims, attempting to make the phishing attempt appear more legitimate. BazarCall, first documented in 2021, is a phishing attack utilizing an email resembling a payment notification or subscription confirmation to security software, computer support, streaming platforms, and other well-known brands.
Starting Dec. 13, developers can use Google AI Studio and Vertex AI to build applications with the Gemini Pro API, which allows access to Google's new generative AI model. Google's initial rollout of Gemini was limited to Google Bard and the Pixel 8 Pro, so Wednesday's general availability of Gemini for Google AI Studio and Vertex AI marks the first test of Gemini for enterprise developers.
Google announced the availability of Titan Security Keys with passkey support in mid-November 2023; the initial Titan Security Keys edition was used solely for multifactor authentication. Titan Security Keys can serve as a passkey to replace password entry.
The threat actors behind the BazaCall call back phishing attacks have been observed leveraging Google Forms to lend the scheme a veneer of credibility. The method is an "attempt to elevate the...
Google is highlighting the role played by Clang sanitizers in hardening the security of the cellular baseband in the Android operating system and preventing specific kinds of vulnerabilities. This...
Google says it identified and fixed a bug causing customer files added to Google Drive after April-May 2023 to disappear. The Google Drive team linked the users' data loss problems to a synchronization issue and said it only affected "a limited subset" using the desktop Drive app versions v84.0.0.0 - 84.0.4.0.
Unspecified governments have demanded mobile push notification records from Apple and Google users to pursue people of interest, according to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. "Push notifications are alerts...
A U.S. senator revealed today that government agencies worldwide demand mobile push notification records from Apple and Google users to spy on their customers. Data collection through this method helps link devices to Apple or Google accounts and may also allow access to unencrypted notification content, including text displayed on the receiving smartphone.
More than a dozen malicious loan apps, which are generically named SpyLoan, have been downloaded more than 12 million times this year from Google Play but the count is much larger since they are also available on third-party stores and suspicious websites. Since the start of the year, cybersecurity company ESET, a member of the App Defense Alliance dedicated to detecting and eradicating malware from Google Play, has discovered 18 SpyLoan apps.