News in the Google category

Google Groups is ending support for Usenet to combat spam

Google has officially announced it's ceasing support for Usenet groups on its Google Groups platform, a move partly attributed to the platform's increasing struggle with spam content.
- Mayank Parmar
- January 02, 2024
- 12:03 PM
- 1
Malware abuses Google OAuth endpoint to ‘revive’ cookies, hijack accounts

Multiple information-stealing malware families are abusing an undocumented Google OAuth endpoint named "MultiLogin" to restore expired authentication cookies and log into users' accounts, even if an account's password was reset.
- Bill Toulas
- December 29, 2023
- 11:13 AM
- 5
New Xamalicious Android malware installed 330k times on Google Play

A previously unknown Android backdoor named 'Xamalicious' has infected approximately 338,300 devices via malicious apps on Google Play, Android's official app store.
- Bill Toulas
- December 27, 2023
- 10:54 AM
- 0
Google Chrome now scans for compromised passwords in the background

Google says the Chrome Safety Check feature will work in the background to check if passwords saved in the web browser have been compromised.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 24, 2023
- 10:11 AM
- 8
Android malware Chameleon disables Fingerprint Unlock to steal PINs

The Chameleon Android banking trojan has re-emerged with a new version that uses a tricky technique to take over devices — disable fingerprint and face unlock to steal device PINs.
- Bill Toulas
- December 21, 2023
- 05:00 AM
- 0
Google fixes 8th Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks this year

Google has released emergency updates to fix another Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild, the eighth patched since the start of the year.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 20, 2023
- 04:41 PM
- 0
BazarCall attacks abuse Google Forms to legitimize phishing emails

A new wave of BazarCall attacks uses Google Forms to generate and send payment receipts to victims, attempting to make the phishing attempt appear more legitimate.
- Bill Toulas
- December 13, 2023
- 03:34 PM
- 1
AutoSpill attack steals credentials from Android password managers

Security researchers developed a new attack, which they named AutoSpill, to steal account credentials on Android during the autofill operation.
- Bill Toulas
- December 09, 2023
- 10:14 AM
- 3
Google shares “fix” for deleted Google Drive files

Google says it identified and fixed a bug causing customer files added to Google Drive after April-May 2023 to disappear. However, the fix isn't working for all affected users.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 08, 2023
- 03:36 PM
- 1
US senator: Govts spy on Apple, Google users via mobile notifications

A U.S. senator revealed today that government agencies worldwide demand mobile push notification records from Apple and Google users to spy on their customers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 06, 2023
- 02:58 PM
- 1
SpyLoan Android malware on Google Play downloaded 12 million times

More than a dozen malicious loan apps, which are generically named SpyLoan, have been downloaded more than 12 million times this year from Google Play but the count is much larger since they are also available on third-party stores and suspicious websites.
- Bill Toulas
- December 05, 2023
- 09:27 AM
- 0
Google is phasing out ad personalization for some AdSense products

Google has announced significant changes to its Search Ads publisher products, including AdSense for Search (AFS), AdSense for Shopping (AFSh), and Programmable Search Engine (ProSE).
- Mayank Parmar
- December 03, 2023
- 11:17 AM
- 0
Google Chrome's new cache change could boost performance

Google is introducing a significant change to Chrome's Back/Forward Cache (BFCache) behavior, allowing web pages to be stored in the cache, even if a webmaster specifies not to store a page in the browser's cache.
- Mayank Parmar
- December 02, 2023
- 11:09 AM
- 3
Google Chrome emergency update fixes 7th zero-day exploited in 2023

Google has fixed the seventh Chrome zero-day vulnerability this year in an emergency security update released today to counter ongoing exploitation in attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 28, 2023
- 04:24 PM
- 0
Google Drive users angry over losing months of stored data

Google Drive users are reporting that recent files stored in the cloud have suddenly disappeared, with the cloud service reverting to a storage snapshot as it was around April-May 2023.
- Bill Toulas
- November 27, 2023
- 09:52 AM
- 11
Malware dev says they can revive expired Google auth cookies

The Lumma information-stealer malware (aka 'LummaC2') is promoting a new feature that allegedly allows cybercriminals to restore expired Google cookies, which can be used to hijack Google accounts.
- Bill Toulas
- November 21, 2023
- 02:29 PM
- 0
Google shares plans for blocking third-party cookies in Chrome

Google has officially announced plans to gradually eliminate third-party cookies, a key aspect of its Privacy Sandbox initiative.
- Mayank Parmar
- November 18, 2023
- 09:18 AM
- 2
Google Chrome & Microsoft Edge to get 'Save Frame' feature for YouTube

You can soon right-click on any YouTube video in Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome and save the frame (capture the screenshot of the video) in the original resolution and PNG format.
- Mayank Parmar
- November 12, 2023
- 04:40 PM
- 3
Google Play adds security audit badges for Android VPN apps

Google Play, Android's official app store, is now tagging VPN apps with an 'independent security reviews' badge if they conducted an independent security audit of their software and platform.
- Bill Toulas
- November 03, 2023
- 12:48 PM
- 0
Avast confirms it tagged Google app as malware on Android phones

Czech cybersecurity company Avast confirmed that its antivirus SDK has been flagging a Google Android app as malware on Huawei, Vivo, and Honor smartphones since Saturday.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 31, 2023
- 04:23 PM
- 11