Tag: google
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Hacker missbrauchen Google-OAuth und WhatsApp-Geräteverknüpfung
Ein Spionage-Cluster missbraucht die Anmeldeverfahren, um Privatpersonen aus Wissenschaft, Diplomatie und Verteidigung in Europa und den USA anzugreifen. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/whatsapp-hacker
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Mandiant Opens Agentic Security Harness to Industry
AVDH Scans Enterprise Code at Scale to Find and Validate Exploit Paths. Google Mandiant opened its playbook on agentic security by releasing the architecture it used to develop its Agentic Vulnerability Discovery Harness to analyzes code and quickly identify exploit paths during reviews, penetration testing and red team operations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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That Legitimate OAuth Login Might Be a Russian Hack
Attackers Use Real Google and Microsoft Authentication Before Redirecting Victims. Google says three Russia-linked espionage clusters are abusing legitimate Google and Microsoft authentication flows to steal tokens and account access from defense, government, academic and think tank targets, exposing a visibility gap around personal accounts. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/that-legitimate-oauth-login-might-be-russian-hack-a-32634
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Fake Gemini Installer verbreitet Vidar-Infostealer über Google Colab
Ein gefälschter Google-Gemini-Installer verteilt den Vidar Infostealer. Darktrace zeigt, wie Angreifer KI-Boom und vertrauenswürdige Plattformen ausnutzen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/fake-gemini-installer-verbreitet-vidar-infostealer-ueber-google-colab/a46217/
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Private equity firm Apollo confirms data breach amid hacking wave targeting financial giants
The private equity giant confirms a breach, weeks after Google researchers said hackers were targeting financial companies. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/private-equity-firm-apollo-confirms-data-breach-amid-hacking-wave-targeting-financial-giants/
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Fake Conferences, OAuth and WhatsApp: Inside Russia’s New Espionage Tactics
Tags: access, authentication, conference, cyber, defense, espionage, google, group, intelligence, phishing, russia, tactics, threat, toolGoogle tracks three Russia-linked espionage clusters using phishing and legitimate authentication tools to target researchers, diplomats and defense staff. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group tracked three separate suspected Russia-linked cyber espionage clusters. All three focus on the same thing: abusing authentication features that are supposed to protect accounts to access them instead. Threat actors target researchers,…
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Google Chrome 151 Update Fixes 7 Security Flaws Enabling Remote Code Execution and Sandbox Escape
Google has released Chrome version 151 to the Stable channel for desktop platforms, addressing seven security vulnerabilities. Among these vulnerabilities is a critical use-after-free flaw, along with several high-severity issues affecting various components of the browser, including V8, DOM, Workers, networking, and Linux toolkit theming. The update is being rolled out as version 151.0.7922.173/.174 for…
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Hackers Use Fake Google Gemini Installer to Deploy Vidar Stealer and Steal Browser Credentials
Threat actors are exploiting interest in generative AI software to distribute the Vidar information stealer through a fake Google Gemini installer hosted via Google Colab. Darktrace investigated the July 2026 intrusion in an EMEA customer environment, where a user downloaded and executed a malicious file named Download_Google_Gemini_For_Windows.exe The campaign did not rely on a conventional…
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SilkParasite Uses Google Drive as C2 to Hide RAT Traffic Inside Trusted Cloud Services
SilkParasite, a long-running cyberespionage operation targeting government bodies across Central Asia through a compact but highly mature arsenal of remote access trojans. Assessed with medium confidence as China-nexus activity, the campaign stands out for using Google Drive as a command-and-control channel, allowing malware traffic to blend into cloud activity that many enterprises inherently trust. The…
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Black Hat/DEF CON attendees targeted in malware scheme with Google Doc lure
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/black-hat-def-con-attendees-targeted-in-malware-scheme-with-google-doc-lure
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Someone targeted security researchers using a fake crypto conference as a lure
A hacker pretending to work for a leading cryptocurrency news website targeted several cybersecurity professionals using Google Docs as a way to deliver malware. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/someone-targeted-security-researchers-using-a-fake-crypto-conference-as-a-lure/
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Suspected Russian Hackers Abuse Google OAuth and WhatsApp Linking to Hijack Accounts
Three distinct suspected Russian cyber espionage threat clusters have been observed leveraging legitimate authentication flows to single out individuals working in academia, aerospace and defense, governments, and think tanks across Europe, as well as academia and think tanks within the U.S.These clusters include UNC6293, UNC7005, and UNC5976.”These clusters engage in persistent, adaptive First seen on…
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Fake Gemini installer delivers Vidar infostealer via Google Colab lure
A malicious executable masquerading as a Google Gemini installer was used to deliver the Vidar infostealer on a company network in the EMEA region, according to Darktrace … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/fake-google-gemini-installer-vidar-infostealer/
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AI Security Incident Case: Encrypted Reasoning Blocks of Proprietary LLMs Can Be Stolen via Cross-Model Replay
Overview On August 10, 2026, MATS Research, the ELLIS Institute Tübingen, the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, and other institutions jointly published the paper Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs. The research reveals a common architectural flaw in the reasoning model APIs of three major AI providers, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, which allows……
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Google setzt KI-Agenten auf Quellcode an: Schwachstellen finden, bevor Angreifer sie ausnutzen
Google und Mandiant setzen KI-Agenten zur Quellcodeanalyse ein. AVDH findet Schwachstellen automatisiert und soll Angreifern bei der Zero-Day-Suche zuvorkommen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/google-setzt-ki-agenten-auf-quellcode-an-schwachstellen-finden-bevor-angreifer-sie-ausnutzen/a46209/
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Smashing Security podcast #481: Never say this to a robot dog
At Black Hat this month, a group of security researchers took a $9,000 robot dog, plugged Google’s AI into its brain, and jailbroke it by telling it – with a completely straight face – that it was a Pokemon. What followed involved a wall, a blue ice chest, and anyone in the room wearing white…
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Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3: Google Adds Customization and New Scam Defenses
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 adds Pixel customization tools, call-forwarding scam protections, and experimental cellular security features. The post Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3: Google Adds Customization and New Scam Defenses appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-android-17-qpr2-beta-3-scam-protection/
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Quantum-Safe Isn’t Cyber-Safe
Tags: access, ai, api, breach, communications, compliance, computer, computing, credentials, cryptography, cyber, data, defense, encryption, exploit, flaw, google, group, ml, openai, password, radius, risk, threat, update<div cla In the same week federal agencies began scoping migrations under the White House’s new Post-Quantum Cryptography Executive Order, a group of academic researchers published a paper that, on its face, had nothing to do with quantum computing at all. It described a flaw in how three of the most security-conscious engineering organizations on…
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Fake Crypto Exec Used Booby-Trapped Google Doc to Target Security Researcher After DEF CON
A threat actor impersonating a senior executive at a well-known cryptocurrency media outlet attempted to infect a Huntress researcher with malware in the days following this year’s Black Hat and DEF CON conferences, according to new research from the security vendor. The campaign began on X (formerly Twitter), where an account impersonating the executive sent…
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Update Chrome now: Two critical vulnerabilities fixed
Google has released a Chrome desktop update fixing 15 security vulnerabilities, including 2 buffer overflow flaws rated critical. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/update-chrome-now-two-critical-vulnerabilities-fixed/
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Google Mandiant AI Agents Find Over 100 Critical Vulnerabilities in Source Code Within Two Days
Tags: ai, breach, corporate, cyber, google, group, incident response, intelligence, mandiant, penetration-testing, RedTeam, threat, vulnerabilityGoogle’s Threat Intelligence Group has announced that its Agentic Vulnerability Discovery Harness (AVDH) identified over 100 critical true-positive vulnerabilities in stolen corporate source code repositories within just two days. This result highlights how agentic AI can significantly accelerate vulnerability discovery during incident response, red teaming, penetration testing, and proactive secure code reviews, especially when adversaries…
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Google’s AI security agents found 100+ critical software vulnerabilities in just two days
Google’s Mandiant has disclosed the workings of an internal tool that uses chains of AI agents to hunt for vulnerabilities in source code, saying it found over 100 … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/19/google-mandiant-avdh-ai-vulnerability-discovery-tool/
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Fake Claude Install Guide Steals Mac Passwords and Turns Trusted Crypto Wallet Apps Into Phishing Traps
A Google-sponsored search result for Claude installation instructions is being used to deliver a sophisticated macOS stealer and remote-access trojan (RAT) named MacSync. The campaign abuses a legitimate Claude shared-conversation page on the claude.ai domain, demonstrating how trusted AI-hosting infrastructure can be weaponized to bypass users’ normal phishing instincts. The intrusion investigated by Huntress began…
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Ist die Forschung durch KI am Ende? ExChef Eric Schmidt klärt auf
First seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/ki-forschung-alphafold-eric-schmidt-wissenschaft-zukunft-1757410/
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Google’s $10,000 refund test shows why AI agents need zero trust
Google’s open-source autonomous Customer Support Returns Agent, built using the Agent Development Kit (ADK) and Gemini, demonstrates how developers can apply zero-trust … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/18/google-zero-trust-ai-agents/
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How to Use Google KMS for DigiCert Code Signing?
Introduction Setting up DigiCert Code Signing with Google Cloud KMS provides a secure way to protect your code-signing keys while enabling trusted digital signatures. The important point is that the private key must be generated inside Cloud KMS and should never be exported. You can use Google Cloud KMS as the hardware-backed key storage for”¦…
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Google’s open-source HEIR lets AI work with data it can’t see
Google’s researchers and engineers developed the Homomorphic Encryption Intermediate Representation (HEIR) compiler project, an open-source compiler toolchain and development … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/18/google-heir-open-source-compiler-toolchain/
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BSidesSF 2026 Google Drive Hunter: Building The Tool Google Should’ve Built
Presenter: Ayman Elsawah Our thanks to Security BSides San Francisco for publishing their Creators, Authors and Presenter’s outstanding BSidesSF 2026 content on the Organizations’ YouTube Channel. Permalink First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/bsidessf-2026-google-drive-hunter-building-the-tool-google-shouldve-built/
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Cavern C2 Uses DNS and Google Apps Script to Blend Into Legitimate Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have traced the continued evolution of the Cavern (aka Cav3rn) command-and-control (C2) framework used by Iranian nation-state hackers in attacks targeting entities in Israel.Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said its ongoing monitoring of the threat activity cluster since December 2025 has led to the discovery of previously unreported components that expand the First seen…
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Verschlüsselte KI-Denkprotokolle geknackt Schwachstelle bei OpenAI, Anthropic und Google
Forscher haben eine gravierende Schwachstelle bei der Absicherung sogenannter Reasoning-Logs entdeckt. Verschlüsselte Denkprotokolle moderner KI-Modelle lassen sich demnach unter bestimmten Bedingungen über ein schwächeres Modell desselben Anbieters entschlüsseln. Besonders brisant: In öffentlich zugänglichen Datensätzen fanden die Forscher bereits personenbezogene Daten, Zugangsdaten, API-Schlüssel und Passwörter. Forscher von MATS Research, dem Max-Planck-Institut für intelligente Systeme, dem ELLIS…