Google tags a tenth Chrome zero-day as exploited this year

Today, Google revealed that it patched the tenth zero-day exploited in the wild in 2024 by attackers or security researchers during hacking contests. Tracked as CVE-2024-7965 and reported by a security researcher known only as TheDog, the now-patched high-severity vulnerability is described as an inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine that can let remote attackers exploit heap corruption […]

Hackers steal banking creds from iOS, Android users via PWA apps

Threat actors started to use progressive web applications to impersonate banking apps and steal credentials from Android and iOS users. Progressive web apps (PWA) are cross-platform applications that can be installed directly from the browser and offer a native-like experience through features like push notifications, access to device hardware, and background data syncing. Using this type of […]

Google says it’s focusing on privacy with Gemini AI on Android

Google says it is taking a privacy-minded approach to the integration of AI features on Android devices, implementing end-to-end protection to secure data in transit while keeping the most sensitive data locally on the device. The data that reaches Google’s cloud infrastructure for processing is protected by state-of-the-art encryption, access controls, and tight unauthorized access monitoring. […]

Google ads push fake Google Authenticator site installing malware

Google has fallen victim to its own ad platform, allowing threat actors to create fake Google Authenticator ads that push the DeerStealer information-stealing malware. For years, malicious advertising (malvertising) campaigns have targeted the Google search platform, where threat actors place ads to impersonate well-known software sites that install malware on visitors’ devices. To make matters […]