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Google rolls out Privacy Sandbox to use Chrome browsing history for ads

Google has started to roll out its new interest-based advertising platform called the Privacy Sandbox, shifting the tracking of user’s interests from third-party cookies to the Chrome browser. […]

07 Sep

Google is enabling Chrome real-time phishing protection for everyone

Google announced today that it is deprecating the standard Google Chrome Safe Browsing feature and moving everyone to its Enhanced Safe Browsing feature in the coming weeks, bringing real-time phishing protection to all users while browsing the web. […]

05 Sep

Chaes malware now uses Google Chrome DevTools Protocol to steal data

The Chaes malware has returned as a new, more advanced variant that includes a custom implementation of the Google DevTools protocol for direct access to the victim’s browser functions, allowing it to steal data using WebSockets. […]

29 Aug

New Android MMRat malware uses Protobuf protocol to steal your data

A novel Android banking malware named MMRat utilizes a rarely used communication method, protobuf data serialization, to more efficiently steal data from compromised devices. […]

21 Aug

Sneaky Amazon Google ad leads to Microsoft support scam

A legitimate-looking ad for Amazon in Google search results redirects visitors to a Microsoft Defender tech support scam that locks up their browser. […]

20 Aug

Google Chrome to warn when installed extensions are malware

Google is testing a new feature in the Chrome browser that will warn users when an installed extension has been removed from the Chrome Web Store, usually indicative of it being malware. […]

16 Aug

Google released first quantum-resilient FIDO2 key implementation

Google has announced the first open-source quantum resilient FIDO2 security key implementation, which uses a unique ECC/Dilithium hybrid signature schema co-created with ETH Zurich. […]

07 Aug

Google Play apps with 2.5M installs load ads when screen’s off

The Google Play store was infiltrated by 43 Android applications with 2.5 million installs that secretly displayed advertisements while a phone’s screen was off, running down a device’s battery. […]

06 Aug

Google Gmail continuously nagging to enable Enhanced Safe Browsing

Google is urging users to activate its Enhanced Safe Browsing feature via numerous alerts in Gmail that keep coming back, even after you acknowledge them. […]

03 Aug

Google makes it easier to remove your info, explicit images from search

Google will soon make it easier to remove your personally identifiable information and explicit images from search results right from Google Search or the Google app. […]

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