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Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2023
Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit

Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit, which alleged that the company monitored individuals using the Chrome “incognito” mode. Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit over claims that the company monitored online activity of people who used the ‘incognito’ mode in its Chrome web browser. The class action, filed […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2023
Google addressed 3 actively exploited flaws in Android

Google released July security updates for Android that addressed tens of vulnerabilities, including three actively exploited flaws. July security updates for Android addressed more than 40 vulnerabilities, including three flaws that were actively exploited in targeted attacks. “There are indications that the following may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” reads the security bulletin. The CVE-2023-26083 is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2023
Google banned 173k developer accounts in 2022

In 2022, Google prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published in the official Google Play store. Google announced that it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating applications from being published on Google Play in 2022. The IT giant also announced it has banned 173k developer accounts and prevented over $2 billion in fraudulent and abusive transactions. Google […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2023
Google obtained a temporary court order against CryptBot distributors

Google obtained a temporary court order in the U.S. to disrupt the operations of the CryptBot information stealer. Google announced that a federal judge in the Southern District of New York unsealed its civil action against the operators of the information stealer Cryptbot. The IT giant obtained a temporary court order in the U.S. to disrupt […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2022
Malvertising campaign MasquerAds abuses Google Ads

Experts warn of a new Malvertising Campaign abusing Google Ads that targets users searching for popular software. Guardio Labs researchers uncovered a malvertising campaign, tracked as MasquerAds and attributed to a threat actor known as Vermux, that is abusing Google Ads to target users that are searching for popular software. The campaign aims at delivering […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2022
Google announced end-to-end encryption for Gmail web

Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail web to its Workspace and education customers to protect emails sent using the web client. Google announced end-to-end encryption for Gmail (E2EE), with Gmail client-side encryption beta, users can send and receive encrypted emails within their domain and outside of their domain.  Google E2EE was already available for users of Google […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2022
Google to Pay a record $391M fine for misleading users about the collection of location data

Google is going to pay $391.5 million to settle with 40 states in the U.S. for secretly collecting personal location data. Google has agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle with 40 US states for misleading users about the collection of personal location data. The settlement is the largest attorney general-led consumer privacy settlement ever, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2022
Researcher received a $70k award for a Google Pixel lock screen bypass

Google fixed a high-severity security bug affecting all Pixel smartphones that can allow attackers to unlock the devices. Google has addressed a high-severity security bug, tracked as CVE-2022-20465, affecting all Pixel smartphones that could be exploited to unlock the devices. The Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass was reported by security researcher David Schütz that was […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2022
GUAC – A Google Open Source Project to secure software supply chain

Google launched the Graph for the Understanding Artifact Composition (GUAC) project, to secure the software supply chain. Google this week launched a new project named Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition (GUAC) which aims at securing the software supply chain. The IT giant is seeking contributors to the new project. “GUAC, or Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition, is in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2022
Google announced the completion of the acquisition of Mandiant for $5.4 billion

Google completed the acquisition of the threat intelligence firm Mandiant, the IT giant will pay $5.4 billion. Google announced the completion of the $5.4 billion acquisition of threat intelligence firm Mandiant. The acquisition was announced in March 2022 by both companies: “RESTON, Va., March 8, 2022 – Mandiant, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNDT) today announced that it has entered into […]