Google said it took down ten influence operation campaigns in Q2 2020
Google has published today the second edition of its TAG Bulletin, a report that details all the coordinated influence operation campaigns that have been...
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Cluster of 295 Chrome extensions caught hijacking Google and Bing search results
More than 80 million Chrome users have installed one of 295 Chrome extensions that hijack and insert ads inside Google and Bing search results....
Google Patches Over 50 Vulnerabilities in Android With August 2020 Updates
Google on Monday announced the August 2020 security updates for the Android operating system, with patches for a total of more than 50 vulnerabilities....
Google Bans Hacked Political Content Ahead of the US Elections, Implements New Google Ads Policy – E Hacking News
The presidential elections in the US are near. Keeping this in mind, Google has announced a new policy that will ban ads that advertise...
Ahead of US election, Google bans ads linking to hacked political content
Image: Element5 Digital Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be...
Google Analysis of Zero-Days Exploited in 2019 Finds ‘Detection Bias’
Google Project Zero last week released a report on the vulnerabilities exploited in attacks in 2019, and its researchers have drawn some interesting conclusions...
Google: Eleven zero-days detected in the wild in the first half of 2020
Image: ZDNet According to data collected by Google’s Project Zero security team, there have been 11 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in the...
US prosecutors seek years in prison for Uber self-driving exec who stole Google trade secrets
US prosecutors are seeking a total of 27 months behind bars for Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber’s self-driving arm who pleaded guilty...
Google Banned 29 Android Apps Containing Adware – E Hacking News
A research discovered that almost all the malware are designed to target android users and in order to prevent users from installing adware filled...
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Australian Watchdog Accuses Google of Privacy Breaches
Australia’s consumer watchdog launched court action against Google on Monday alleging the technology giant misled account holders about its use of their personal data....