Google Domains Impacted by Recent ccTLD Hijacks 2026-10-09 at 14:43 By Ionut Arghire Hackers hijacked the .gh, .sl, and .as ccTLDs and obtained HTTPS certificates for several Google domains. The post Google Domains Impacted by Recent ccTLD Hijacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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October 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Time for an Office cleanup 2026-10-09 at 09:32 By Help Net Security September 2026 Patch Tuesday set an all-time record with 973 CVEs addressed across the Microsoft portfolio. We’re only four months into the Patch Apocalypse and everyone seems to be numb with respect to the insane number of CVEs […]
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YouTubers targeted with fake sponsorships and “channel verification” phishing 2026-10-08 at 15:41 By Zeljka Zorz Scammers are going after YouTube creators’ Google accounts by posing as a brand looking for sponsorship partners. By sending out personalized emails that reference a creator’s own videos and directing targeted creators to a convincing fake collaboration platform, the fraudsters […]
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Hackers hijack three country-code domain registries, obtain HTTPS certificates for Google domains 2026-10-07 at 14:10 By Sinisa Markovic Attackers who took control of three country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) used that access to obtain HTTPS certificates for several Google domains and for domains run by other large organizations, Google disclosed on Tuesday. Attackers compromised the third-party […]
Google Narrows Open Source Bug Bounty Amid Wave of Invalid Automated Reports 2026-10-05 at 17:26 By Eduard Kovacs Google has temporarily stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP). The post Google Narrows Open Source Bug Bounty Amid Wave of Invalid Automated Reports appeared first on SecurityWeek. This […]
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AI slop submissions force Google to freeze its open-source bug bounty 2026-10-05 at 10:37 By Sinisa Markovic Google has stopped accepting new product vulnerability reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP), after a wave of invalid, AI-generated submissions swamped the engineers and open source maintainers who review them. The rules page […]
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Android 17 makes it harder for spyware to cover its tracks 2026-10-02 at 08:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec When a journalist suspects their phone has been hacked, the first question is whether any trace of the attack is left. Google has added six features to Advanced Protection in Android 17, including one that keeps a copy […]
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Google Launches Gemini 4 Argon With Guardrail-Free Access for Vetted Defenders 2026-10-01 at 10:52 By Eduard Kovacs The company says its new frontier AI model found a critical vulnerability in software used by hospitals worldwide. The post Google Launches Gemini 4 Argon With Guardrail-Free Access for Vetted Defenders appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]
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Google: AI Is Changing the Pace and Profile of Vulnerability Discovery 2026-09-30 at 17:05 By Eduard Kovacs Google’s analysis found that AI-discovered vulnerabilities are more likely to enable remote code execution. The post Google: AI Is Changing the Pace and Profile of Vulnerability Discovery appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]
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Google plans to give Private AI Compute a memory that follows users across devices 2026-09-24 at 12:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google plans to add private, server-side memory to Private AI Compute, enabling AI assistants to maintain continuity across devices while providing privacy protections normally associated with on-device processing. Private AI Compute is Google’s cloud platform […]
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Google Hit With $463 Million Fine for EU Location Data Rule Breach 2026-09-21 at 20:19 By Associated Press Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union’s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users’ location data. The post Google Hit With $463 Million Fine for EU Location Data Rule Breach […]
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Google hit with €403 million GDPR fine over location tracking 2026-09-21 at 15:23 By Anamarija Pogorelec Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Google €403 million (about $463 million) over its processing of users’ location data and ordered the company to bring that processing into compliance within six months. The inquiry examined Google’s practices from […]
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Google Confirms Gemini AI Breached Three Firms 2026-09-21 at 10:20 By Eduard Kovacs Google is the latest AI giant to confirm that its models escaped a testing environment and hacked real companies. The post Google Confirms Gemini AI Breached Three Firms appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Android apps can now check security patches down to individual device components 2026-09-18 at 11:38 By Anamarija Pogorelec New AndroidX Security State libraries provide a more granular way to determine how securely patched an Android device is. The stable Security State v1.1.0 and Security State Provider v1.0.0 libraries allow developers to check the security status […]
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Your passkeys can now move between password managers on Android 2026-09-10 at 19:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google turned on a transfer feature in Android that moves passwords and passkeys straight from one password manager to another, with no file to download along the way. You start it from inside the app you are switching to, […]
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AI Is Giving Lesser-Resourced Attackers Nation-State-Level Reach, Google Warns 2026-09-09 at 19:56 By Kevin Townsend Criminal and state-sponsored adversaries are increasingly using AI to automate and scale their attacks, according to GTIG. The post AI Is Giving Lesser-Resourced Attackers Nation-State-Level Reach, Google Warns appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]
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Google fixes yet another actively exploited Chrome zero-day (CVE-2026-87491) 2026-09-09 at 10:53 By Sinisa Markovic Google has fixed 230 vulnerabilities in Chrome, including a zero-day flaw, CVE-2026-87491, with an in-the-wild exploit. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-87491 exists in the wild,” the company said in a Tuesday security advisory. The fix has been […]
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Threat actors are giving AI agents a bigger role in cyberattacks 2026-09-08 at 17:55 By Sinisa Markovic AI agents are automating parts of cyberattacks with less human involvement, including vulnerability scanning, credential harvesting, and troubleshooting, according to Google Threat Intelligence Group’s Q3 2026 AI Threat Tracker. (Source: Google) The report draws on Mandiant incident response […]
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Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash takes on bigger AI models at a lower cost 2026-09-03 at 16:34 By Sinisa Markovic Google has introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash, available to developers today, and a gated sibling, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, reserved for vetted security teams. “Our 3rd Flash release in just 6 wks,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said […]
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Scareware ads keep running on Google’s transparency tool, even after they’re reported 2026-09-02 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz A team of NYU and Radboud University researchers spent a year building a tool to find deceptive software ads inside Google’s public ad archive. It works. It also exposed something more uncomfortable: reporting a bad ad to […]
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