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Google Docs Crashes on Seeing “And. And. And. And. And.” A bug in Google Docs is causing it to crash when a series of words are typed into a document opened with the online word processor. Once crashed, you may not be able to easily re-access the document as doing so would Read more…

Google: Chinese State Hackers Keep Targeting Russian Govt Agencies Google said today that a Chinese-sponsored hacking group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF) is targeting Russian government agencies. The company’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), a team of security experts that acts as a defense force Read more…

Google SMTP Relay Service Abused for Sending Phishing Emails Phishing actors abuse Google’s SMTP relay service to bypass email security products and successfully deliver malicious emails to targeted users. According to a report from email security firm Avanan, there has been a sudden uptick in threat actors abusing Google’s SMTP Read more…

Google Fights Doxxing with Updated Personal Info Removal Policy Google has expanded its policies to allow doxxing victims to remove more of their personally identifiable information (PII) from search engine results starting earlier this week. Removing doxxing content (contact info shared online with malicious intent) aims to protect the victims’ Read more…

Google Gives 50% Bonus to Android 13 Beta Bug Bounty Hunters Google has announced that all security researchers who report Android 13 Beta vulnerabilities through its Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP) will get a 50% bonus on top of the standard reward until May 26th, 2022. Bug hunters can get a Read more…

Google Chrome Emergency Update Fixes Zero-day Used in Attacks Google has released Chrome 100.0.4896.127 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, to fix a high-severity zero-day vulnerability actively used by threat actors in attacks. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2022-1364 exists in the wild,” Google said in a security advisory released today. Read more…

Google: Russian Phishing Attacks Target NATO, European Military The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says more and more threat actors are now using Russia’s war in Ukraine to target Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine, in phishing and malware attacks. The report’s highlight are credential phishing attacks coordinated by a Read more…

Google Chrome 100 Released with New Features, Icon, and More Google has released Chrome 100 today, March 29th, 2022, to the Stable desktop channel, and it includes a new logo, security improvements, development features, and more. Today, Google promoted Chrome 100 to the Stable channel, Chrome 101 as the new Beta version, Read more…

Emergency Google Chrome Update Fixes Zero-day Used in Attacks Google has released Chrome 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a high-severity zero-day bug exploited in the wild. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2022-1096 exists in the wild,” the browser vendor said in a security advisory published on Read more…

Russia Bans Google News for “unreliable” info on war in Ukraine Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecommunications regulator, has banned Alphabet’s news aggregator service Google News and blocked access to the news.google.com domain for providing access to “unreliable information” on the ongoing war in Ukraine. “Based on a request from the Russian Prosecutor Read more…