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Google Chrome to Allow Users to Add Notes to Saved Passwords Google is testing a new Chrome feature that allows users to add notes on passwords saved in the web browser. The new feature was spotted by a Reddit user (u/Leopeva64-2) on Google Chrome Canary (version 101), which is an Read more…

Google Drive Flags MacOS ‘.DS_Store’ Files for Copyright Violation Google Drive was seen flagging ‘.DS_Store’ files generated by macOS file systems as a violation of its copyright infringement policy. ‘.DS_Store’ is a metadata file commonly seen by Apple users when they transfer their folders and archives from a macOS to a non-Apple operating Read more…

CISA Tells Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Chrome, Magento Bugs The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added nine new flaws to its collection of actively exploited vulnerabilities, including two recently patched zero-days impacting Google Chrome and Adobe Commerce/Magento Open Source. The Chrome vulnerability (CVE-2022-0609) is a Read more…

Google Almost Doubles Linux Kernel, Kubernetes Zero-day Rewards Google says it bumped up rewards for reports of Linux Kernel, Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), or kCTF vulnerabilities by adding bigger bonuses for zero-day bugs and exploits using unique exploitation techniques. “We increased our rewards because we recognized that in order Read more…

Google Project Zero: Vendors are Now Quicker at Fixing Zero-days Google’s Project Zero has published a report showing that organizations took less time to address the zero-day vulnerabilities that the team reported last year. As the data shows, the average period software vendors needed to issue security fixes reported by Read more…

Google Fixes Remote Escalation of Privileges Bug on Android Google has released the February 2022 Android security updates, addressing two critical vulnerabilities, one being a remote escalation of privilege that requires no user interaction. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-39675, carrying a “critical” severity rating, and affects only Android 12, the Read more…

Google Sees 50% Security Boost for 150M Users After 2FA Enroll After accelerating its efforts to auto-enroll as many accounts as possible in two-factor authentication (2FA), Google announced that an additional 150 million users now have 2FA enabled. Google first announced that it strives to push all its users to start using Read more…

Google Cloud Hypervisor Modified to Detect Cryptominers Without Agents Google has announced the public preview of a new Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD) system that can detect cryptocurrency miners and other malware without the need for software agents. A significant problem for developers and enterprises using cloud-based virtual machines is Read more…

France Hits Facebook and Google with $210 million in Fines France’s National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL), the country’s data privacy and protection body, has announced a 60 million euro ($68 million) sanction against Facebook and a 150 million euro ($170 million) penalty against Google. The fines are for Read more…