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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. […]

30 Aug

Google launches open-source software bug bounty program

Google will now pay security researchers to find and report bugs in the latest versions of Google-released open-source software (Google OSS). […]

17 Aug

Google fixes fifth Chrome zero-day bug exploited this year

Google has released a security update for Chrome browser that addresses close to a dozen vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that is being exploited in the wild. […]

13 Aug

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. […]

26 Jul

New Android malware apps installed 10 million times from Google Play

A new batch of malicious Android apps filled with adware and malware was found on the Google Play Store that have been installed close to 10 million times on mobile devices. […]

21 Jul

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. […]

20 Jul

Google Calendar provides new way to block invitation phishing

The Google Workspace team announced today that it started rolling out a new method to block Google Calendar invitation spam, available to all customers, including legacy G Suite Basic and Business users. […]

13 Jul

New Android malware on Google Play installed 3 million times

A new Android malware family on the Google Play Store that secretly subscribes users to premium services was downloaded over 3,000,000 times. […]

10 Jul

New Google Chrome feature reduces CPU use to extend battery life

Google is testing a new ‘Quick Intensive Throttling’ feature that reduces CPU time by 10%, extending the battery life for laptops and mobile devices. […]

04 Jul

Google patches new Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in attacks

Google has released Chrome 103.0.5060.114 for Windows users to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability exploited by attackers in the wild, the fourth Chrome zero-day patched in 2022. […]

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