Tag: google
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Google to use IP addresses for ad measurement and personalization in EEA, UK, and Switzerland
Tags: googleFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/google-to-use-ip-addresses-for-ad-measurement-and-personalization-in-eea-uk-and-switzerland
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Google Cloud Vertex AI SDK flaw allowed model hijacking and code execution
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/google-cloud-vertex-ai-sdk-flaw-allowed-model-hijacking-and-code-execution
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Google’s open standard for AI agents to discover and verify tools
AI agents depend on tools, skills, and other agents spread across many teams, organizations, and platforms. These capabilities live in separate systems with their own … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/18/google-agentic-resource-discovery/
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105K Chrome Installs Linked to Adware and Fake Google Traffic
Socket researchers linked 152 Chrome wallpaper extensions to hidden data logging, fake Google search traffic, and ad monetization. The post 105K Chrome Installs Linked to Adware and Fake Google Traffic appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-chrome-extensions-fake-traffic-user-data/
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Google Adds New Android Controls for WhatsApp Backups, Password Transfers
Google’s June 2026 Android system updates add WhatsApp backup controls, Play Protect checks, passkey portability, and Play Store AI search. The post Google Adds New Android Controls for WhatsApp Backups, Password Transfers appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-android-june-2026-system-updates/
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Google to use UK and EU user IP addresses for ad personalization
Tags: googleFrom August 3, 2026, Google will use IP addresses from UK, EEA and Switzerland users for ad measurement and personalization. It lands as the ICO weighs new consent rules, and years after Google itself called using such signals to identify devices “wrong.” First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-to-use-uk-and-eu-user-ip-addresses-for-ad-personalization/
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Google to use UK and EU user IP addresses for ad personalization
Tags: googleFrom August 3, 2026, Google will use IP addresses from UK, EEA and Switzerland users for ad measurement and personalization. It lands as the ICO weighs new consent rules, and years after Google itself called using such signals to identify devices “wrong.” First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-to-use-uk-and-eu-user-ip-addresses-for-ad-personalization/
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152 Chrome Live Wallpaper Extensions Hid Ad Tracking and Fake Search Clicks
Socket says the extensions worked as wallpaper tools, but also logged user data, disguised install traffic as Google clicks, and fed ad sites. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/chrome-live-wallpaper-extensions-ad-track-fake-search-clicks/
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Google Cloud Vertex AI Vulnerability Lets Attackers Take Over and Poison AI Models
A critical vulnerability in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI has been discovered, allowing attackers to hijack machine learning model uploads, poison artifacts, and achieve cross-tenant remote code execution (RCE) without any prior access to the victim’s environment. Dubbed “Pickle in the Middle” by researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, this flaw affects the Python SDK…
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Google Cloud Vertex AI Vulnerability Lets Attackers Take Over and Poison AI Models
A critical vulnerability in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI has been discovered, allowing attackers to hijack machine learning model uploads, poison artifacts, and achieve cross-tenant remote code execution (RCE) without any prior access to the victim’s environment. Dubbed “Pickle in the Middle” by researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, this flaw affects the Python SDK…
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Attackers Exploit Cloud Logging Platforms to Hide Malicious Activity
Attackers are increasingly targeting cloud logging platforms to evade detection and maintain persistent visibility into compromised environments. The report highlights how critical services such as AWS CloudTrail and Google Cloud Logging, designed to provide comprehensive audit trails, are being actively abused by threat actors to manipulate, disable, or redirect logs, effectively “blinding” security teams while…
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Attackers Exploit Cloud Logging Platforms to Hide Malicious Activity
Attackers are increasingly targeting cloud logging platforms to evade detection and maintain persistent visibility into compromised environments. The report highlights how critical services such as AWS CloudTrail and Google Cloud Logging, designed to provide comprehensive audit trails, are being actively abused by threat actors to manipulate, disable, or redirect logs, effectively “blinding” security teams while…
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Critical Chrome Flaws Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code Update Immediately
Google has released an urgent Chrome security update addressing multiple critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The update, now rolling out to users globally, upgrades Chrome to version 149.0.7827.155/.156 for Windows and macOS and 149.0.7827.155 for Linux. Security researchers and enterprise defenders are strongly advised to apply the…
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Google Juni-Update schließt CVE-2025-48595 im Android Framework – Aktiv ausgenutzte Android-Lücke gefährdet alle aktuellen Versionen
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/android-cve-2025-48595-zero-day-rechteausweitung-juni-update-a-963aae9d95187c7646a53e48f7ca3a69/
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Google Juni-Update schließt CVE-2025-48595 im Android Framework – Aktiv ausgenutzte Android-Lücke gefährdet alle aktuellen Versionen
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/android-cve-2025-48595-zero-day-rechteausweitung-juni-update-a-963aae9d95187c7646a53e48f7ca3a69/
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Ping Identity extends runtime identity for AI agents across AWS, Google Cloud and Cloudflare
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/ping-identity-extends-runtime-identity-for-ai-agents-across-aws-google-cloud-and-cloudflare
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Chinese Espionage Actor Abuses Email Rules to Steal Research Data
Tags: china, compliance, credentials, data, email, espionage, google, group, intelligence, malware, threatThreat Actor Silently Forwarded Sensitive Emails Matching Strategic Topics. Google says Chinese espionage group UNC6508 compromised REDCap environments at North American research institutions, deployed custom malware, stole credentials and covertly forwarded strategically relevant emails through abused compliance rules to support long-term intelligence collection. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/chinese-espionage-actor-abuses-email-rules-to-steal-research-data-a-31993
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Google Vertex AI SDK Flaw Let Attackers Hijack Model Uploads via Bucket Squatting
A flaw in the Google Cloud Vertex AI SDK for Python let an attacker with no access to a victim’s project hijack the victim’s machine learning model upload and run code inside Google’s serving infrastructure.Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which found and reported the bug through Google’s bug bounty program, calls the technique “Pickle in…
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New Rokarolla Android Malware Steals PINs, SMS Codes, and Crypto Wallet Funds
Security researchers at Zimperium’s zLabs have documented a new Android banking trojan, Rokarolla, that targets 217 banking and cryptocurrency apps and packs 137 remote commands.Together, they give an operator near-total control of an infected phone: it lifts lock-screen PINs, reads and sends SMS, rewrites the clipboard to redirect crypto payments, and switches off Google Play…
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New Rokarolla Android Malware Steals PINs, SMS Codes, and Crypto Wallet Funds
Security researchers at Zimperium’s zLabs have documented a new Android banking trojan, Rokarolla, that targets 217 banking and cryptocurrency apps and packs 137 remote commands.Together, they give an operator near-total control of an infected phone: it lifts lock-screen PINs, reads and sends SMS, rewrites the clipboard to redirect crypto payments, and switches off Google Play…
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China-Nexus Actor Spies on US Researchers Undetected for a Year
Google discovered and disrupted the sprawling campaign, which stole RedCAP credentials to breach numerous institutions and exfiltrate sensitive data. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-actor-us-researchers-undetected
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China-linked actor spent two years inside medical research networks
Tags: china, credentials, cyberespionage, email, google, group, intelligence, military, network, threatChina’s UNC6508 hid in North American medical research networks for 2 years, stealing credentials and forwarding emails to Gmail Google’s Threat Intelligence Group published a report this week on UNC6508, a China-linked cyberespionage group that breached North American medical and military research organizations and stayed hidden for more than two years. The earliest confirmed intrusion…
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Klickbetrug im Browser: 152 Chrome-Erweiterungen als Adware entlarvt
Eine Untersuchung entlarvt 152 Hintergrundbild-Erweiterungen für Google Chrome, die heimlich Nutzerdaten sammeln und gefälschten Traffic erzeugen. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/152-chrome-erweiterungen-adware
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ShinyHunters Hits Universities Via Oracle Zero-Day
Mandiant: 68% of Targets Were Higher Ed Institutions Running PeopleSoft. ShinyHunters exploited a critical zero-day in Oracle PeopleSoft to breach more than 100 organizations globally, researchers at Mandiant and Google’s Threat Intelligence Group said, with universities and colleges accounting for the majority of confirmed targets in the active extortion campaign. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Chinese Hackers Abused Google Workspace Rules to Steal Research and Defense Emails
A China-linked espionage group hid inside North American medical, academic, and military research networks for more than a year, quietly stealing sensitive research and defense email.The way in was a backdoor on their REDCap research servers that stole login credentials. The exfiltration was the unusual part: the attackers rewired the victims’ own Google Workspace rules…
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Google exposes China espionage group that’s been lurking in networks undetected since 2023
The revelation mirrors an alarming pattern of Chinese espionage groups dropping backdoors into critical infrastructure to intercept research and steal data with national security implications. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/google-unc6508-china-espionage-threat/
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China-Nexus Actor Spy on US Researchers Undetected for a Year
Google discovered and disrupted the sprawling campaign, which stole RedCAP credentials to target numerous institutions and exfiltrate sensitive data. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-actor-us-researchers-undetected
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China-nexus group linked to multiyear campaign targeting US, Canadian medical research
A report from Google links a sophisticated espionage effort targeting information about viruses, AI and military information. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/china-nexus-multiyear-hacking-us-canadian-medical-research/822912/
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China-Nexus Actor Spied on US Researchers Undetected for a Year
Google discovered and disrupted the sprawling campaign, which stole RedCAP credentials to target numerous institutions and exfiltrate sensitive data. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-actor-us-researchers-undetected
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152 Chrome Wallpaper Extensions with 105K Installs Linked to Adware and Fake Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a network of 152 Google Chrome extensions that act as new tab live wallpaper add-ons to distribute a potentially unwanted program (PUP) family.The cluster spans 38 separate Chrome Web Store publisher accounts and three brand backends: tabplugins[.]com, yowgames[.]com, and chromewallpaper[.]com. They have been collectively installed 105,000 times. The First seen on…