Google Says Former Conti Ransomware Members Now Attack Ukraine Google says some former Conti cybercrime gang members, now part of a threat group tracked as UAC-0098, are targeting Ukrainian organizations and European non-governmental organizations (NGOs). UAC-0098 is an initial access broker known for using the IcedID banking trojan to provide Read more…
Google Chrome Emergency Update Fixes New Zero-day Used in Attacks Google has released Chrome 105.0.5195.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a single high-severity security flaw, the sixth Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks patched this year. “Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2022-3075 exists in Read more…
Google Chrome Bug Lets Sites Write to Clipboard without Asking Chrome version 104 accidentally introduced a bug that removes the user requirement to approve clipboard writing events from websites they visit. This functionality isn’t limited to Google Chrome. Safari and Firefox also allow web pages to write to the system Read more…
Chrome Extensions with 1.4 million Installs Steal Browsing Data Threat analysts at McAfee found five Google Chrome extensions that steal track users’ browsing activity. Collectively, the extensions have been downloaded more then 1.4 million times. The purpose of the malicious extensions is to monitor when users visit e-commerce website and to modify Read more…
Google Blocks Largest HTTPS DDoS Attack ‘reported to date’ A Google Cloud Armor customer was hit with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack over the HTTPS protocol that reached 46 million requests per second (RPS), making it the largest ever recorded of its kind. In just two minutes, the attack escalated Read more…
Google Fixes Fifth Chrome Zero-day Bug Exploited this Year Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser that addresses close to a dozen vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that is being exploited in the wild. The security update is currently rolling out for Windows, Mac and Linux. Users who have Read more…
Google Fined $60 million Over Android Location Data Collection The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that Google was fined $60 million for misleading Australian Android users regarding the collection and use of their location data for almost two years, between January 2017 and December 2018. The Australian competition Read more…
Google Now Blocks Workspace Account Hijacking Attempts Automatically Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) now has stronger protections for risky account actions, automatically blocking hijacking attempts with identity verification prompts and logging them for further investigation. This added layer of security will block threat actors who gain access to a user’s Read more…
Chrome Use Subject to Restrictions in Dutch Schools Over Data Security Concerns The Dutch Ministry of Education has decided to impose some restrictions on the use of the Chrome OS and Chrome web browser until August 2023 over concerns about data privacy. The officials worry that Google services collect student data and make it Read more…
Google Blocks Site of Largest Computing Society for Being ‘harmful’ Google Search and Drive are erroneously flagging links to Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) research papers and websites as malware. BleepingComputer has successfully reproduced the issue, first reported by researcher Maximilian Golla. Founded in 1947 and headquartered in NYC as a non-profit, The Association Read more…
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