Security News
Today, Google released a new Chrome emergency security update to patch a zero-day vulnerability, the ninth one exploited in attacks this year. [...]
A hacker compromised Unicoin's Google Workspace (formerly G-Suite) account and changed the passwords for all company employees, locking them out of their corporate accounts for days. [...]
A clever disinformation campaign engages several Microsoft Azure and OVH cloud subdomains as well as Google search to promote malware and spam sites. [...]
Google Search ads that target users looking for Google's own services lead them to spoofed sites and Microsoft and Apple tech support scams. The ads ostensibly point to Google Search, Translate, Analytics, Earth, and so on, but a closer look shows that the URLs of the pages are not the correct ones.
A large percentage of Google's own Pixel devices shipped globally since September 2017 included dormant software that could be used to stage nefarious attacks and deliver various kinds of malware. It's currently not clear why third-party software is directly embedded into Android firmware on background, a Google representative said the application is owned and required by Verizon on all Android devices.
Google has joined Microsoft in publishing intel on Iranian cyber influence activity following a recent uptick in attacks that led to data being leaked from the Trump re-election campaign. APT42 is largely relying on what Google's TAG calls "Cluster C" phishing activity - distinguished methods that have been in use since 2022, characterized by attempts to impersonate NGOs and "Mailer Daemon."
Google says it is taking a privacy-minded approach to the integration of AI features like the Gemini assistant on Android devices, implementing end-to-end protection to secure data in transit...
Google says it is taking a privacy-minded approach to the integration of AI features like the Gemini assistant on Android devices, implementing end-to-end protection to secure data in transit...
Google is notifying Russian YouTubers, bloggers, and publishers that their Adsense accounts are being deactivated and can no longer be used for advertising. [...]
As many as 10 security flaws have been uncovered in Google's Quick Share data transfer utility for Android and Windows that could be assembled to trigger remote code execution chain on systems that have the software installed. "The Quick Share application implements its own specific application-layer communication protocol to support file transfers between nearby, compatible devices," SafeBreach Labs researchers Or Yair and Shmuel Cohen said in a technical report shared with The Hacker News.