Cyber Security
Google I/O: New safety features include virtual payment cards
Android and Chrome users can soon generate virtual payment cards to protect real cards.
Info
Google to bring Passwordless Authentication Support to Android and Chrome
Passwordless security coming to Android and Chrome.
Cyber Security
Google acquires cyber security firm Mandiant for $5.4 billion
Google confirmed that they are acquiring cyber security firm Mandiant, which will complement Google Cloud’s existing strengths in security. As per the agreement the deal will…
Malware
SharkBot banking malware spreads via fake antivirus app on Google Play Store
An Android banking trojan named SharkBot has been disguised as an antivirus app on Google Play Store. SharkBot malware belongs to a category of financial trojans…
Cyber Security
105 million Android users targeted by subscription fraud campaign
A premium services subscription scam for Android named ‘Dark Herring’ has been operating for around two years. The operation used 470 Google Play Store apps and…
Cyber Attacks
Google Docs commenting feature exploited for spear-phishing
A new trend in phishing attacks involves threat actors abusing the commenting feature of Google Docs to send out emails that appear trustworthy. As Google itself…
Cyber Security
Data of over 100 million Android users exposed
Personal data of more than 100 million Android users has been exposed due to various misconfigurations of cloud services. The data was found in unprotected real-time…
Malware
Criminals spread malware using website contact forms with Google URLs
The company website 'contact us' forms are used by criminals to reach workers who receive contact requests from the public. The crooks use these contact forms…
Vulnerabilities
Google fixes second actively exploited Chrome zero-day bug this year
Google has fixed an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome 89.0.4389.72 browser that was released on March 2nd, 2021, to the Stable desktop channel for…
Cyber Security
Google alerts abused to deliver fake Adobe Flash updater
Threat actors are misusing Google Alerts to promote a fake Adobe Flash Player updater that installs other unwanted programs on the users' computers.
