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
Google Joins Forces with GASA and DNS RF to Tackle Online Scams at Scale
Oct 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Threat Detection Google on Wednesday announced a new partnership with the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and DNS Research Federation (DNS RF) to combat online scams. The initiative, which has been codenamed the Global Signal Exchange (GSE), is designed to create real-time insights into scams, fraud, and other forms of cybercrime … [Read more...] about Google Joins Forces with GASA and DNS RF to Tackle Online Scams at Scale
Kaspersky apps are no longer available on Google Play: what to do?
We’ve recently been informed by the Google Play store that our developer account has been terminated and all Kaspersky apps have been removed from the store. Google’s decision refers to recent U.S. government actions restricting the distribution and sales of Kaspersky products in the United States after September 29. Although these restrictions have no material legal effect … [Read more...] about Kaspersky apps are no longer available on Google Play: what to do?
Google Adds New Pixel Security Features to Block 2G Exploits and Baseband Attacks
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Technology Google has revealed the various security guardrails that have been incorporated into its latest Pixel devices to counter the rising threat posed by baseband security attacks. The cellular baseband (i.e., modem) refers to a processor on the device that's responsible for handling all connectivity, such as LTE, 4G, and 5G, … [Read more...] about Google Adds New Pixel Security Features to Block 2G Exploits and Baseband Attacks
Fake Trading Apps Target Victims Globally via Apple App Store and Google Play
A large-scale fraud campaign leveraged fake trading apps published on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as phishing sites, to defraud victims, per findings from Group-IB. The campaign is part of a consumer investment fraud scheme that's also widely known as pig butchering, in which prospective victims are lured into making investments in cryptocurrency or other … [Read more...] about Fake Trading Apps Target Victims Globally via Apple App Store and Google Play
Google Chrome Switches to ML-KEM for Post-Quantum Cryptography Defense
Sep 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Quantum Computing Google has announced that it will be switching from KYBER to ML-KEM in its Chrome web browser as part of its ongoing efforts to defend against the risk posed by cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs). "Chrome will offer a key share prediction for hybrid ML-KEM (codepoint 0x11EC)," David Adrian, … [Read more...] about Google Chrome Switches to ML-KEM for Post-Quantum Cryptography Defense
Google Fixes GCP Composer Flaw That Could’ve Led to Remote Code Execution
Sep 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Vulnerability A now-patched critical security flaw impacting Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Composer could have been exploited to achieve remote code execution on cloud servers by means of a supply chain attack technique called dependency confusion. The vulnerability has been codenamed CloudImposer by Tenable Research. "The … [Read more...] about Google Fixes GCP Composer Flaw That Could’ve Led to Remote Code Execution