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Google's Blogger locks hundreds of legitimate sites in mass false-positive sweep
An automated policy flag hit blogs on August 4, cutting owners out of their dashboards and threatening permanent deletion in three months.
Google Patches 1,442 Chrome Flaws Across Three Releases, More Than the Prior 23 Combined
Chrome 149, 150 and 151 together resolved more security bugs than nearly two years of previous updates, with Google's own researchers flagging the bulk of the issues.
The Hidden Weak Spots Inside AI Agents That Major Tech Giants Are Missing
Security researchers broke into AI systems built by Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI, not by attacking the AI itself, but by exploiting the overlooked software wrapper around it.
Google Patches 370 Security Flaws in Chrome 151, Including Seven Critical Bugs
The browser update is one of Google's largest single releases of the year, fixing flaws that could let attackers take control of your browser or crash it entirely.
Google Gives Hackers New Names, Here Is Why That Matters
Google's threat-intelligence team is replacing number codes with memorable two-word labels for every hacking group it tracks, making it easier for researchers and companies to talk about the same criminals.
Brussels fines Google €2.95 billion... no wait, another €890 million, this time over Search and Play Store
The European Commission says Google broke the Digital Markets Act by pushing its own shopping and hotel results, and by blocking app developers from pointing users to cheaper deals outside the Play Store.
Google rolls out selfie video sign-in for locked-out account holders
The new recovery option sits alongside email and phone number checks, and is aimed at people who cannot get back into their Google account any other way.
AI Coding Tools Carry Real Security Risks, and the Danger Depends on What You're Building With
A new study tested 16 major AI coding assistants and found an average of 15 security flaws per project. The safest choice for one type of software can be one of the worst for another.
Google Patches Seven Memory Safety Bugs in Chrome 150, Three Rated Critical
All seven flaws were found internally or by researchers, not by criminals. But history says patch fast anyway.
Brussels tells Google to open Android's mic, camera and screen to rival AI assistants
The European Commission wants Gemini's competitors to get the same hooks into your phone by Android 18, with a hard deadline of 1 August 2027.
Australia Logged 2,000 Sextortion Complaints in Six Months. Big Tech Still Isn't Scanning for the Scripts.
Australia's online safety watchdog says the same blackmail messages keep appearing across platforms, and most major tech companies still aren't using the detection tools that already exist.
A Russian-speaking hacker turned Google's Gemini CLI into his botnet co-pilot
For roughly a year, an attacker chatted with Google's open-source AI tool to run malware on eight computers inside a dental clinic, migrate his servers, and troubleshoot bugs in six minutes flat.
Tech Giants Failing to Stop Online Sexual Extortion of Young Men, Australian Regulator Warns
Australia's online safety watchdog reviewed Apple, Meta, Google and others and found serious gaps in how they handle child exploitation and sextortion complaints, even as reports keep climbing.
Google Patches 27 Chrome Flaws, Two Rated Critical
Chrome 150 arrives with fixes for a string of memory-related bugs, most of them found by Google's own engineers rather than outside researchers.
Fake job interviews from 'Adidas', 'Netflix' and 'OpenAI' recruiters are stealing Google logins
A phishing crew is impersonating more than 30 major brands, hiding behind real business software from PeopleForce and Salesforce to trick marketing staff into handing over their Gmail passwords.