Tag: google
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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…
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Google Sues Operators of AI-Powered ‘Outsider’ Phishing Kit Linked to 1.5 Million URLs
Google has launched a lawsuit against the operators behind the Outsider AI phishing kit. This alleged AI phishing kit, the company says, has been used to create convincing phishing websites using artificial intelligence tools, including Google’s Gemini. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/google-sues-outsider-ai-phishing-kit/
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FBI disrupts massive AI-powered phishing service using a million URLs
In a coordinated effort, the FBI, working with Google and Black Lotus Labs, has dismantled a massive Chinese phishing-as-a-service operation called Outsider Enterprise with thousands of phishing websites used to steal credit card data and passwords. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-disrupts-massive-ai-powered-phishing-service-using-a-million-urls/
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Malicious 152 Chrome Extensions Caught Spoofing Google Organic Search Traffic
A massive, coordinated network of 152 malicious Google Chrome browser extensions has been dismantled after researchers caught the operation generating fake organic Google search traffic. Socket’s Threat Research Team discovered the operation spanning 38 separate Chrome Web Store publisher accounts and tracing back to three primary brand backends: tabplugins[.]com, yowgames[.]com, and chromewallpaper[.]com. Disguised as benign…
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Google sues to dismantle AI-powered cybercrime operation
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/google-sues-to-dismantle-ai-powered-cybercrime-operation
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Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
The tech giant said a group called “Outsider Enterprise” used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-ai-to-scam-hundreds-of-thousands-of-victims-sued-by-google/
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Google Sues Chinese Smishing Network Accused of Using Gemini AI in Phishing
Google on Friday said it’s pursuing legal action against a Chinese cybercrime network, accusing it of using its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) agent to send phishing text messages targeting Americans.The network is said to be behind the development and management of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) software kit called Outsider, per the tech giant.”The operation weaponized Gemini…
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Google Sues Chinese Phishing Service Over Gemini Abuse
Complaint Says Service Generated More Than 1.5 Million Malicious URLs. Google has sued a Chinese phishing-as-a-service provider accused of teaching customers to use Gemini to generate and customize scam websites, a campaign linked to more than 1.59 million phishing URLs, over 100,000 victims, and widespread credential and financial theft. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Google sues alleged Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to send scam texts
The tech giant said a group called “Outsider Enterprise” used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/google-sues-alleged-chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-ai-to-send-scam-texts/
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German Court: Google Liable for AI Summaries
Court Says Google Is Responsible for Content Generated by Its Machines. A German court dealt a blow to Google AI-infused search by deciding that the Big Tech firm is liable for defamatory statements in the AI summaries that increasingly dominate its results. The feature purports to only summarize publicly-available content, but it often hallucinates. First…