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Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2020
Google and Mozilla address serious flaws in Firefox and Chrome browsers

Google and Mozilla released new versions of Chrome and Firefox browsers to addressed several high-severity vulnerabilities. Mozilla has released Firefox version 75 that includes six security patches for the desktop, and two patches targeting to address vulnerabilities in the Android app. “With today’s release, a number of improvements will help you search smarter, faster.” reads the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2020
Google issued 40,000 alerts of State-Sponsored attacks in 2019

Google announced to have warned users of almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks during 2019. Google shared data on alerts related to state-sponsored attacks, the tech giant revealed that it issued almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks to its users during 2019. The number of alerts decreased by 25% […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2020
Google addresses over 70 flaws in Android, including a remotely exploitable issue

Google’s March 2020 security updates for Android address over 70 flaws, including a critical vulnerability that affects the media framework.  Google’s March 2020 security updates for Android include the fix for a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-0032, that affects the media framework as part of the 2020-03-01 security patch level. The 2020-03-01 security patch level fixed 11 vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2020
Data on Detection of Malicious Documents in Gmail are impressive

Google revealed that the enhancements to its scanning system implemented in Gmail are boosting its detection capabilities. Google announced that the new scanning capabilities implemented in Gmail have increased the detection rate of malicious documents. The IT giant proudly announced that combining its existing machine learning models with other protections it was able to detect […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2020
Google mistakenly shared private videos of some users with others in 2019

Google has accidentally shared private videos of some users that were stored on its servers with other, the tech giant notified impacted users. Google admitted a new privacy incident, it has accidentally shared private videos saved on its servers with other users. At the time it is not clear the number of impacted users, anyway, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2020
Google blocks Xiaomi integrations on Nest hub over privacy concerns

Google has recently disabled all Xiaomi smart home integrations on Nest Hub after being informed that some users could access other people’s camera feeds.  On January 1st, 2020, a Reddit user (‘/u/Dio-V’) posted a discussion revealing that Nest Hub was able to access feeds from other Xiaomi cameras. As proof of the issue, the user […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2019
Google released PathAuditor to detect unsafe path access patterns

Google has released the source code of a tool, dubbed PathAuditor, designed to help developers identify vulnerabilities related to file access. Google decided to release the source code of a tool dubbed PathAuditor designed to help developers identify vulnerabilities related to file access. PathAuditor has been released by the tech giant as open-source, the company […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2019
Google warned 12K+ users targeted by state-sponsored hackers

Google revealed that over 12,000 of its users were targeted by state-sponsored hackers in the third quarter of this year. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that it has detected and blocked attacks carried out by nation-state actors on 12,000 of its users in the third quarter of this year. Over 90 percent of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2019
Google addresses High-Severity sandbox escape issues in Chrome

Google has patched three serious flaws in Chrome that can be exploited to escape the sandbox of the popular web browser. Google has addressed three serious vulnerabilities affecting its Chrome browser that can be exploited to escape the built-in sandbox. The tech giant released Chrome 77 update in September that addressed two use-after-free vulnerabilities that […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2019
Google report on iPhone hack created ‘False Impression,’ states Apple

Apple replied to Google about the recent report suggesting iPhones may have been hacked as part of a long-running hacking campaign. Apple criticized the report recently published by Google that claims that iPhones may have been hacked by threat actors as part of a long-running hacking campaign. Apple defines the report as inaccurate and misleading. […]