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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. [...]

Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon
2024-10-13 22:16

Google's Chrome Web Store is now warning that the uBlock Origin ad blocker and other extensions may soon be blocked as part of the company's deprecation of the Manifest V2 extension specification. [...]

Google Joins Forces with GASA and DNS RF to Tackle Online Scams at Scale
2024-10-09 17:00

Google on Wednesday announced a new partnership with the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and DNS Research Federation (DNS RF) to combat online scams. The initiative, which has been codenamed the...

Google brings better bricking to Androids, to curtail crims
2024-10-08 02:59

Improved security features teased in May now appearing around the world Google has apparently started a global rollout of three features in Android designed to make life a lot harder for thieves...