Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2022
Experts warn of a new Malvertising Campaign abusing Google Ads that targets users searching for popular software. Guardio Labs researchers uncovered a malvertising campaign, tracked as MasquerAds and attributed to a threat actor known as Vermux, that is abusing Google Ads to target users that are searching for popular software. The campaign aims at delivering […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2022
Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail web to its Workspace and education customers to protect emails sent using the web client. Google announced end-to-end encryption for Gmail (E2EE), with Gmail client-side encryption beta, users can send and receive encrypted emails within their domain and outside of their domain. Google E2EE was already available for users of Google […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2022
Google is going to pay $391.5 million to settle with 40 states in the U.S. for secretly collecting personal location data. Google has agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle with 40 US states for misleading users about the collection of personal location data. The settlement is the largest attorney general-led consumer privacy settlement ever, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 11, 2022
Google fixed a high-severity security bug affecting all Pixel smartphones that can allow attackers to unlock the devices. Google has addressed a high-severity security bug, tracked as CVE-2022-20465, affecting all Pixel smartphones that could be exploited to unlock the devices. The Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass was reported by security researcher David SchĂĽtz that was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2022
Google launched the Graph for the Understanding Artifact Composition (GUAC) project, to secure the software supply chain. Google this week launched a new project named Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition (GUAC) which aims at securing the software supply chain. The IT giant is seeking contributors to the new project. “GUAC, or Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition, is in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 12, 2022
Google completed the acquisition of the threat intelligence firm Mandiant, the IT giant will pay $5.4 billion. Google announced the completion of the $5.4 billion acquisition of threat intelligence firm Mandiant. The acquisition was announced in March 2022 by both companies: “RESTON, Va., March 8, 2022 – Mandiant, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNDT) today announced that it has entered into […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2022
Google this week launched a new bug bounty program that covers the open source projects of the IT giant. Google launched a new bug bounty program as part of the new Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP) that covers the source projects of the IT giant. The company will pay up to $31,337 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2022
Microsoft shared technical details of a critical ChromeOS flaw that could be exploited to trigger a DoS condition or for remote code execution. Microsoft shared details of a critical ChromeOS vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-2587 (CVSS score of 9.8). The flaw is an out-of-bounds write issue in OS Audio Server that could be exploited to trigger […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2022
Google addressed a dozen vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including the fifth Chrome zero-day flaw exploited this year. Google this week released security updates to address a dozen vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser for desktops including an actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in the wild. The actively exploited flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-2856, is an Insufficient validation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2022
Google blocked dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were spreading Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. Google has removed dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were distributing Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. Researchers from security firms Pradeo discovered multiple apps spreading the Joker Android malware. The […]
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