Cultivating a robust and efficient quantum-safe HTTPS
Posted by Chrome Secure Web and Networking Team Today we're announcing a new program in Chrome to make HTTPS certificates secure against quantum computers. T...
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Google Disrupts ‘Prolific’ and ‘Elusive’ China-Linked Global Hacking Campaign
UNC2814 hit 53 victims in 42 countries with novel backdoor in decade long cyber espionage operation
Staying One Step Ahead: Strengthening Android’s Lead in Scam Protection
Posted by Lyubov Farafonova, Product Manager, Phone by Google; Alberto Pastor Nieto, Sr. Product Manager Google Messages and RCS Spam and Abuse shared how An...
Exposing the Undercurrent: Disrupting the GRIDTIDE Global Cyber Espionage Campaign
Introduction Last week, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), Mandiant, and partners took action to disrupt a global espionage campaign targeting telecomm...
Android Malware Hijacks Google Gemini to Stay Hidden
A new Android malware implant using Google Gemini to perform persistence tasks was discovered on VirusTotal and analyzed by ESET
Keeping Google Play & Android app ecosystems safe in 2025
Posted by Vijaya Kaza, VP and GM, App & Ecosystem Trust Upgrading Google Play’s AI-powered, multi-layered user protections we prevented over 1.75 million pol...
PromptSpy ushers in the era of Android threats using GenAI
ESET researchers discover PromptSpy, the first known Android malware to abuse generative AI in its execution flow
Android 17 Beta Introduces Secure-By-Default Architecture
Android 17 Beta introduces privacy, security updates and a new Canary channel for improved development
From BRICKSTORM to GRIMBOLT: UNC6201 Exploiting a Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Zero-Day
Written by: Peter Ukhanov, Daniel Sislo, Nick Harbour, John Scarbrough, Fernando Tomlinson, Jr., Rich Reece Introduction Mandiant and Google Threat Intellige...
Divide and conquer: how the new Keenadu backdoor exposed links between major Android botnets
Kaspersky experts have uncovered Keenadu, a sophisticated new backdoor targeting tablet firmware as well as system-level and Google Play apps. They also reve...
Google Warns of In the Wild Exploit as It Patches New Chrome Zero Day
A high severity vulnerability in Google Chrome and allows remote attackers to execute code
Fake AI Assistants in Google Chrome Web Store Steal Passwords and Spy on Emails
Hundreds of thousands of users have downloaded malicious AI extensions masquerading as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and others, warn cybersecurity researchers at La...
GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Distillation, Experimentation, and (Continued) Integration of AI for Adversarial Use
Introduction In the final quarter of 2025, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) observed threat actors increasingly integrating artificial intelligence (A...
Nation-State Hackers Embrace Gemini AI for Malicious Campaigns, Google Finds
Google researchers found that government-backed hackers now use AI throughout the whole attack lifecycle
New Mobile Spyware ZeroDayRAT Targets Android and iOS
ZeroDayRAT is a new mobile spyware targeting Android and iOS, offering attackers persistent access
Android RAT Uses Hugging Face to Host Malware
Bitdefender has discovered a new Android malware campaign that uses Hugging Face
Former Google Engineer Found Guilty of Stealing AI Secrets
Linwei Ding, a former Google engineer, has been found guilty of stealing trade secrets for China
Google Disrupts Extensive Residential Proxy Networks
Google has taken coordinated action against the massive IPIDEA residential proxy network, enhancing customer protections and disrupting cybercrime operations
No Place Like Home Network: Disrupting the World's Largest Residential Proxy Network
Introduction This week Google and partners took action to disrupt what we believe is one of the largest residential proxy networks in the world, the IPIDEA p...
Love? Actually: Fake dating app used as lure in targeted spyware campaign in Pakistan
ESET researchers discover an Android spyware campaign targeting users in Pakistan via romance scam tactics, revealing links to a broader spy operation