Google’s acquisition of Wiz is expected to close in 2026, but there are other reviews that need to be cleared.
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Chrome to Turn HTTPS on by Default for Public Sites
Starting October 2026, the browser will ask users if they want to access public websites that do not use secure connections.
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Pixnapping Attack Steals Data From Google, Samsung Android Phones
Google has released a partial patch for the Pixnapping attack and is working on an additional fix.
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Google Offers Up to $20,000 in New AI Bug Bounty Program
The company has updated the program’s scope and has combined the rewards for abuse and security issues into a single table.
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Researchers Earn $150,000 for L1TF Exploit Leaking Data From Public Cloud
L1TF Reloaded is a vulnerability combining the old L1TF and half-Spectre hardware flaws to bypass deployed software mitigations.
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Google Launched Behind-the-Scenes Campaign Against California Privacy Legislation; It Passed Anyway
In April, Rhode Island resident Navah Hopkins received a plea for her help to defeat legislation thousands of miles away in California. The ask came from Google, maker of the world’s most used web browser, Chrome. The tech giant sent a message to an email list that Hopkins and other small business owners were subscribed […]
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Google Discloses Salesforce Hack
A Google Salesforce instance may have been targeted as part of a ShinyHunters campaign that hit several major companies.
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Google Sues Operators of 10-Million-Device Badbox 2.0 Botnet
Google has filed a lawsuit against the Badbox 2.0 botnet operators, after identifying over 10 million infected Android devices.
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Russian Hackers Bypass Gmail MFA with App Specific Password Ruse
Russian hackers posed as US State Department staff and convinced targets to generate and give up Google app-specific passwords.
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Gerrit Misconfiguration Exposed Google Projects to Malicious Code Injection
Misconfigured permissions in Google’s Gerrit code collaboration platform could have led to the compromise of ChromiumOS and other Google projects.
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