Google says that Chinese SMS phishing campaigns have collectively yielded somewhere between 15 million and 100 million stolen credit cards in the US alone. The case names 25 individuals and believes the hackers produced over 100 different fraudulent websites that made use of Google branding.
The coalition of states claims that settings that ostensibly turned off location tracking did not actually disable it fully, allowing Google to continue collecting user location data through other methods.
20 NGOs from across the world published a common statement about their serious concerns on Google's access to health data with the planned takeover of Fitbit.
The Scattered Spider ransomware gang has been grabbing headlines with a string of bold and high-profile cyber attacks. But researchers with Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) now believe that some of these attacks may have been misattributed, and that the similarly long-tenured ShinyHunters group may have instead been the culprits.
A new report from Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) finds that 75 zero-days were exploited in the wild last year, with a little over half involving spyware.
Google's report of novel AI-enabled malware in the wild is a game changer if these capabilities are now being picked up by sophisticated attackers. It identifies two specific new malware families, "PROMPTFLUX" and "PROMPTSTEAL," that are the first to incorporate a "just in time" dynamic function creation feature that draws on an LLM.
Google says it will start distrusting digital certificates issued by two certificate authorities due to, Chunghwa Telecom and Netlock, compliance issues and failure to address public incidents.
Google settles lawsuit accusing it of violating Arizona state's Consumer Fraud Act by continuing to collect user information for location tracking even after they had opted out, racking up massive profits in the process.
Google received €50 million in GDPR fines from French regulator CNIL for failing to adequately inform users about their data collection practices, and not giving users enough control over how their information is used. What are the lessons learnt?
A ransomware gang that recently hit major UK retailers such as Marks & Spencer with cyber attacks is now setting its sights on US companies, according to a warning from Google's security team.








