Security News

Fake Homebrew Google ads target Mac users with malware
2025-01-21 19:58

Hackers are once again abusing Google ads to spread malware, using a fake Homebrew website to infect Macs and Linux devices with an infostealer that steals credentials, browser data, and...

Hackers use Google Search ads to steal Google Ads accounts
2025-01-15 19:02

​Ironically, cybercriminals now use Google search advertisements to promote phishing sites that steal advertisers' credentials for the Google Ads platform. [...]

Google Ads Users Targeted in Malvertising Scam Stealing Credentials and 2FA Codes
2025-01-15 15:48

Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to a new malvertising campaign that's targeting individuals and businesses advertising via Google Ads by attempting to phish for their credentials via...

Google Cloud Researchers Uncover Flaws in Rsync File Synchronization Tool
2025-01-15 12:26

As many as six security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the popular Rsync file-synchronizing tool for Unix systems, some of which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a client....

Google OAuth flaw lets attackers gain access to abandoned accounts
2025-01-14 17:28

A weakness in Google's OAuth "Sign in with Google" feature could enable attackers that register domains of defunct startups to access sensitive data of former employee accounts linked to various...

Google OAuth Vulnerability Exposes Millions via Failed Startup Domains
2025-01-14 16:38

New research has pulled back the curtain on a "deficiency" in Google's "Sign in with Google" authentication flow that exploits a quirk in domain ownership to gain access to sensitive data....

Google Project Zero Researcher Uncovers Zero-Click Exploit Targeting Samsung Devices
2025-01-10 15:39

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched security flaw impacting Monkey's Audio (APE) decoder on Samsung smartphones that could lead to code execution. The high-severity...

Microsoft Bing shows misleading Google-like page for 'Google' searches
2025-01-06 13:46

Microsoft Bing is displaying what is being categorized as a misleading Google-esque search page when users search for Google, making it look you are on the competing search engine. [...]

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.