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How to enable Safe Browsing in Google Chrome on Android
2024-10-24 03:00

To safeguard your data, Google Chrome uses Safe Browsing to protect you from: harmful websites and extensions, malicious or intrusive advertisements, malware, phishing attacks, and social...

Samsung phone users under attack, Google warns
2024-10-24 00:16

Don't ignore this nasty zero day exploit says TAG A nasty bug in Samsung's mobile chips is being exploited by miscreants as part of an exploit chain to escalate privileges and then remotely...

Lazarus hackers used fake DeFi game to exploit Google Chrome zero-day
2024-10-23 18:03

The North Korean Lazarus hacking group exploited a Google Chrome zero-day tracked as CVE-2024-4947 through a fake decentralized finance (DeFi) game targeting individuals in the cryptocurrency space. [...]

Google to let businesses create curated Chrome Web Stores for extensions
2024-10-23 16:01

Google has announced it will soon allow organizations to create their own curated "Enterprise Web Store" of company-sanctioned browser extensions for Chrome and ChromeOS, aimed at improving...

Google Scholar has a 'verified email' for Sir Isaac Newton
2024-10-19 13:00

It's true: Google Scholar profile of the renowned former physicist and polymath, Sir Isaac Newton bears a "verified email" note. According to Google Scholar, Isaac Newton is a "Professor of...

Beware: Fake Google Meet Pages Deliver Infostealers in Ongoing ClickFix Campaign
2024-10-18 09:43

Threat actors are leveraging fake Google Meet web pages as part of an ongoing malware campaign dubbed ClickFix to deliver infostealers targeting Windows and macOS systems. "This tactic involves...

Fake Google Meet conference errors push infostealing malware
2024-10-17 21:00

A new ClickFix campaign is luring users to fraudulent Google Meet conference pages showing fake connectivity errors that deliver info-stealing malware for Windows and macOS operating systems. [...]

Fake Google Meet pages deliver infostealers
2024-10-17 11:32

Users of the Google Meet video communication service have been targeted by cyber crooks using the ClickFix tactic to infect them with information-stealing malware. Fake Google Meet video...

Google: 70% of exploited flaws disclosed in 2023 were zero-days
2024-10-16 22:12

Google Mandiant security analysts warn of a worrying new trend of threat actors demonstrating a better capability to discover and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in software. [...]

Over 200 malicious apps on Google Play downloaded millions of times
2024-10-15 14:26

Google Play, the official store for Android, distributed over a period of one year more than 200 malicious applications, which cumulatively counted nearly eight million downloads. [...]