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Google will pay $391M to settle Android location tracking lawsuit

Google has agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a coalition of attorneys general from 40 U.S. states alleging that the search giant tracked Android users’ locations since at least 2014 even when they thought location tracking was disabled. […]

11 Nov

New BadBazaar Android malware linked to Chinese cyberspies

A previously undocumented Android spyware tool named ‘BadBazaar’ has been discovered targeting ethnic and religious minorities in China, most notably the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. […]

09 Nov

15,000 sites hacked for massive Google SEO poisoning campaign

Hackers are conducting a massive black hat search engine optimization (SEO) campaign by compromising almost 15,000 websites to redirect visitors to fake Q&A discussion forums. […]

27 Oct

Drinik Android malware now targets users of 18 Indian banks

A new version of the Drinik Android banking trojan targets 18 Indian banks, masquerading as the country’s official tax management app to steal victims’ personal information and banking credentials. […]

24 Oct

Google Chrome to drop support for Windows 7 / 8.1 in Feb 2023

Google announced today that the Google Chrome web browser will likely drop support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 starting February 2023. […]

11 Oct

Android leaks some traffic even when ‘Always-on VPN’ is enabled

Mullvad VPN has discovered that Android leaks traffic every time the device connects to a WiFi network, even if the “Block connections without VPN,” or “Always-on VPN,” features is enabled. […]

07 Sep

New Iranian hacking group APT42 deploys custom Android spyware

A new Iranian state-sponsored hacking group known as APT42 has been discovered using a custom Android malware to spy on targets of interest. […]

02 Sep

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. […]

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