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Google is rolling out a new banner to highlight the "Independent security review" badge in the Play Store's Data safety section for Android VPN apps that have undergone a Mobile Application...
Google Play, Android's official app store, is now tagging VPN apps with an 'independent security reviews' badge if they conducted an independent security audit of their software and platform. Starting with VPN apps, which Google considers critical for user privacy and security due to handling sensitive data, the Play Store will display the "Independent security review" badge in the Data Safety Section.
Czech cybersecurity company Avast confirmed that its antivirus SDK has been flagging a Google Android app as malware on Huawei, Vivo, and Honor smartphones since Saturday. Others saw a different alert, telling them that the Google app was a trojan that could provide remote access to their device and allow attackers to install malware and steal the users' data.
Google joins OpenAI and Microsoft in rewarding AI bug hunts. Google expanded its Vulnerability Rewards Program to include bugs and vulnerabilities that could be found in generative AI. Specifically, Google is looking for bug hunters for its own generative AI, products such as Google Bard, which is available in many countries, or Google Cloud's Contact Center AI, Agent Assist.
A new malvertising campaign has been observed capitalizing on a compromised website to promote spurious versions of PyCharm on Google search results by leveraging Dynamic Search Ads. "Unbeknownst...
Google has taken a significant step towards enhancing Chrome internet security by automatically upgrading insecure HTTP requests to HTTPS requests for 100% of users. A limited rollout of this feature in Google Chrome began in July, but as of October 16th, Google has now rolled it out to all users on the Stable channel.
Huawei, Honor, and Vivo smartphones and tablets are displaying strange 'Security threat' alerts urging the deletion of the Google app, warning that it is detected as the 'TrojanSMS-PA' malware. BleepingComputer contacted Google to determine if a recent app update might have caused the sudden uptick in malware warnings, but a spokesperson said Google Play Protect is not triggering the alert.
Google has expanded its bug bounty program, aka Vulnerability Rewards Program, to cover threats that could arise from Google's generative AI systems. Following the voluntary commitment to the Biden-Harris Administration to develop responsible AI and manage its risks, Google has added AI-related risks to its bug bounty program, which gives recognition and compensation to ethical hackers who successfully find and disclose vulnerabilities in Google's systems.
Google has announced that it's expanding its Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP) to reward researchers for finding attack scenarios tailored to generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems in...
Several malicious Google Play Android apps installed over 2 million times push intrusive ads to users while concealing their presence on the infected devices. Dr. Web explains that once victims install these apps on their devices, they hide by replacing their icons with that of Google Chrome or using a transparent icon image to create empty space in the app drawer.