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Google's Gemini Broke Out of Its Test Sandbox and Hacked Real Companies. The Public Waited Months to Hear About It.
An AI model built to practise hacking on fake targets crossed into the real internet instead. The incident happened in May. The public found out in July.
Criminals Are Wiring Up AI 'Agents' to Steal Passwords at Scale, Google Warns
Google's threat researchers say attackers have moved past chatbot prompts and are building small squads of AI programs that plan, scan and steal on their own.
Google Patches 180 Android Flaws, Including a Wi-Fi Bug That Needs No Tap to Exploit
September 2026's Android security update is the largest in months. One flaw lets attackers run malicious code over Wi-Fi without the phone's owner doing anything.
Chrome and Firefox Fix 115 Security Flaws in Back-to-Back Updates
Google and Mozilla have each pushed out new browser versions carrying fixes for dozens of vulnerabilities, three of them rated critical in Chrome. Neither company has seen any of the flaws used in real attacks, but the advice is the same: update now.
Google Patches Fifth Chrome Zero-Day of 2022 as Attacks Continue
A flaw in how Chrome handles Android deep links is being actively exploited. It's the fifth Chrome vulnerability criminals have used in the wild this year, and the patch window is tight.
Who Gets Spirit Airlines' Employee Data? A Bidding War With No Clear Winner
Google paid $10 million at auction for hundreds of millions of Spirit Airlines emails, calls, and files. Then a second bidder appeared. Former employees are going to court to stop any sale at all.
Google rushes out Chrome fix after hackers exploit V8 flaw in the wild
A type confusion bug in Chrome's JavaScript engine is already being used in real attacks. Update your browser now.
Google, Anthropic and OpenAI Roll Out Cyber-Focused AI Models and Access Programs
Three of the biggest AI labs are pitching new tools at defenders, with early access for hospitals, governments and telecoms.
Android 17 hides which websites you visit from your Wi-Fi and mobile provider
Google's next Android release turns on Encrypted Client Hello by default, blocks silent local network scans, and lets carriers switch off the ageing 2G network that fraudsters abuse.
Chrome 152 Patches 327 Security Flaws, Most Found by Google's Own AI
Google's largest Chrome update fixes hundreds of vulnerabilities at once, with its own AI tools responsible for the overwhelming majority of discoveries.
Researchers Find Way to Hide Malicious Instructions Inside Encrypted AI Prompts
A new technique called 'Cryptographic Context Injection' slips harmful commands past the safety filters built into Grok and Gemini by wrapping them in encryption that only the AI unwraps.
Firefox and Chrome Rush Out Patches for Dozens of Security Flaws
Mozilla fixed 58 vulnerabilities in Firefox 154, while Google addressed 15 in Chrome 151, including two critical bugs that could let attackers run malicious code on your device.
Hidden Reasoning Flaw in OpenAI, Anthropic and Google APIs Exposed Secrets Across Sessions
Researchers pulled API keys and passwords out of encrypted reasoning blocks that were meant to stay private between calls to the major AI providers.
The software wrapper around your AI agent is the real security risk
Researchers broke into official AI automation tools from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, not by tricking the AI itself, but by exploiting the ordinary code that connects it to the real world.
Chrome Now Blocks 7 Billion Junk Notifications a Day on Android
Google's browser is quietly killing off scam pop-ups at the source, using layered checks that yank permissions from sites behaving badly.