CrowdStrike has won the 2025 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year Award for Workload Security, recognizing our leadership in securing cloud environments at scale. Announced at Google Cloud Next 2025, the award highlights our commitment to joint innovation and delivering best-in-class protection for Google Cloud customers. As part of this growing partnership, we also … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike Wins Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year Award
Google Fixed Cloud Run Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Image Access via IAM Misuse
Apr 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched privilege escalation vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Run that could have allowed a malicious actor to access container images and even inject malicious code. "The vulnerability could have allowed such an identity to abuse its Google … [Read more...] about Google Fixed Cloud Run Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Image Access via IAM Misuse
Announcing the technical preview of Elastic Cloud Serverless on Google Cloud
Elastic Cloud Serverless provides the fastest way to start and scale security, observability, and search solutions — without managing infrastructure. Today, we are excited to announce the technical preview of Elastic Cloud Serverless on Google Cloud — now available in the Iowa (us-central1) region. Elastic Cloud Serverless provides the fastest way to start and scale … [Read more...] about Announcing the technical preview of Elastic Cloud Serverless on Google Cloud
Google Confirms Android SafetyCore Enables AI-Powered On-Device Content Classification
Feb 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Machine Learning Google has stepped in to clarify that a newly introduced Android System SafetyCore app does not perform any client-side scanning of content. "Android provides many on-device protections that safeguard users against threats like malware, messaging spam and abuse protections, and phone scam protections, while … [Read more...] about Google Confirms Android SafetyCore Enables AI-Powered On-Device Content Classification
Hackers Exploit Google Tag Manager to Deploy Credit Card Skimmers on Magento Stores
Feb 10, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Payment Security Threat actors have been observed leveraging Google Tag Manager (GTM) to deliver credit card skimmer malware targeting Magento-based e-commerce websites. Website security company Sucuri said the code, while appearing to be a typical GTM and Google Analytics script used for website analytics and advertising purposes, … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploit Google Tag Manager to Deploy Credit Card Skimmers on Magento Stores
Fake Google Chrome Sites Distribute ValleyRAT Malware via DLL Hijacking
Feb 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware Bogus websites advertising Google Chrome have been used to distribute malicious installers for a remote access trojan called ValleyRAT. The malware, first detected in 2023, is attributed to a threat actor tracked as Silver Fox, with prior attack campaigns primarily targeting Chinese-speaking regions like Hong Kong, Taiwan, … [Read more...] about Fake Google Chrome Sites Distribute ValleyRAT Malware via DLL Hijacking
Google Ads Users Targeted in Malvertising Scam Stealing Credentials and 2FA Codes
Jan 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to a new malvertising campaign that's targeting individuals and businesses advertising via Google Ads by attempting to phish for their credentials via fraudulent ads on Google. "The scheme consists of stealing as many advertiser accounts as possible by impersonating Google Ads and … [Read more...] about Google Ads Users Targeted in Malvertising Scam Stealing Credentials and 2FA Codes
Google Project Zero Researcher Uncovers Zero-Click Exploit Targeting Samsung Devices
Jan 10, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Android Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched security flaw impacting Monkey's Audio (APE) decoder on Samsung smartphones that could lead to code execution. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-49415 (CVSS score: 8.1), affects Samsung devices running Android versions 12, 13, and 14. "Out-of-bounds … [Read more...] about Google Project Zero Researcher Uncovers Zero-Click Exploit Targeting Samsung Devices
Elastic and Google Cloud in 2024: Celebrating innovation and progress
Elastic and Google Cloud create a powerhouse of AI-driven insights, providing an end-to-end search, observability, and security journey to our joint customers. We continue to partner on many opportunities for success, especially around generative AI (GenAI), and have made further progress this year in empowering customers throughout their business transformation.This blog … [Read more...] about Elastic and Google Cloud in 2024: Celebrating innovation and progress
Google Cloud ARM-Based Axion CPU Falcon Support
CrowdStrike is proud to announce cloud security support for Google Cloud’s first custom ARM-based processor, Axion, delivered by the unified, cloud-native CrowdStrike Falcon® platform. This extends industry-leading protection to our customers with extensive coverage for Google Cloud environments. We are excited to collaborate with Google Cloud, which today unveils its new … [Read more...] about Google Cloud ARM-Based Axion CPU Falcon Support