Google sues to dismantle Chinese phishing platform behind US toll scams
Google has filed a lawsuit to dismantle “Lighthouse”, a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform used by cybercriminals worldwide to steal credit card information through SMS phishing (“smishing”) attacks that impersonate the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and E-ZPass toll systems. The lawsuit aims to shut down the website infrastructure supporting the Lighthouse phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS), which Google says has […]
Leak confirms Google Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana 2 could launch soon
Google is planning to ship two new models. One is Gemini 3, which is optimised for coding and regular use, and the second is Nano Banano 2 for generating realistic images. As spotted on X, Gemini-3-pro was first spotted on Vertex AI, which is a Google-hosted cloud platform for using AI agents and building apps or […]
Google warns of new AI-powered malware families deployed in the wild
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a major shift this year, with adversaries leveraging artificial intelligence to deploy new malware families that integrate large language models (LLMs) during execution. This new approach enables dynamic altering mid-execution, which reaches new levels of operational versatility that are virtually impossible to achieve with traditional malware. Google calls the technique […]
Google confirms AI search will have ads, but they may look different
Google Ads are not going anywhere. Eventually, AI Search results on Google and likely other properties will have ads. Google recently reported $56.57 billion in revenue from ads on Search and YouTube. You obviously can’t expect ads to disappear from its search business. Right now, Google has two AI features. The first is AI Overviews, which appears at […]
Google says Search AI Mode will know everything about you
Google wants ‘AI mode’ on Search to be as personal as possible, and it’ll soon tap into services like Gmail or Drive to know more about you. Google believes the future of search is going to be more personal than ever, largely due to the increase in large language models usage. As spotted by Gagan Ghotra on […]
Google disputes false claims of massive Gmail data breach
Google was once again forced to announce that it had not suffered a data breach after numerous news outlets published sensational stories about a fake breach that purportedly exposed 183 million accounts. This claim began over the weekend and into today, with news stories claiming that millions of Gmail accounts were breached, with some outlets saying it […]
Google says everyone will be able to vibe code video games
Google AI Studio product lead teased that everyone will be able to vibe code video games by the end of the year. Vibe coding is one of the selling points of generative AI, but it’s also overhyped. While it’s actually possible to vibe code decent web apps and apps using an AI IDE like Cursor, […]
Google’s new AI bug bounty program pays up to $30,000 for flaws
This week, Google has launched an AI Vulnerability Reward Program dedicated to security researchers who find and report flaws in the company’s AI systems. The new bug bounty program focuses on the most impactful issues in the highest-profile AI products, including but not limited to Google Search (on google.com), Gemini Apps (Web, Android, and iOS), […]
Gmail business users can now send encrypted emails to anyone
Google says that Gmail enterprise users can now send end-to-end encrypted emails to people who use any email service or platform. To send an end-to-end encrypted email, Gmail users have to turn on the “Additional encription” option when writing the message, which ensures that the email will be automatically decrypted when the recipient is a Google […]
F-Droid project threatened by Google’s new dev registration rules
F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google’s new requirements for all Android developers to verify their identity. The third-party app store argues that Google falsely frames this new requirement as a security measure against malware and the purpose is to tighten the grip on “a formerly open ecosystem.” F-Droid […]