Posted by Jianing Sandra Guo, Product Manager, Android, Nataliya Stanetsky, Staff Program Manager, Android Today, people around the world rely on their mobile devices to help them stay connected with friends and family, manage finances, keep track of healthcare information… Read More "Android enhances theft protection with Identity Check and expanded features"
Look out for AI-generated ‘TikDocs’ who exploit the public’s trust in the medical profession to drive sales of sketchy supplements 25 Apr 2025 • , 3 min. read Once confined to research labs, generative AI is now available to anyone… Read More "How deepfake “doctors” peddle bogus cures on TikTok"
Modern AI systems, like Gemini, are more capable than ever, helping retrieve data and perform actions on behalf of users. However, data from external sources present new security challenges if untrusted sources are available to execute instructions on AI systems.… Read More "How we estimate the risk from prompt injection attacks on AI systems"
Your iPhone isn’t necessarily as invulnerable to security threats as you may think. Here are the key dangers to watch out for and how to harden your device against bad actors. 28 Apr 2025 • , 6 min. read Chances… Read More "How safe and secure is your iPhone really?"
Posted by Bethel Otuteye and Khawaja Shams (Android Security and Privacy Team), and Ron Aquino (Play Trust and Safety) Android and Google Play comprise a vibrant ecosystem with billions of users around the globe and millions of helpful apps. Keeping… Read More "How we kept the Google Play & Android app ecosystems safe in 2024"
May 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Linux Two information disclosure flaws have been identified in apport and systemd-coredump, the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora, according to the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU). Tracked as CVE-2025-5054… Read More "New Linux Flaws Allow Password Hash Theft via Core Dumps in Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora"
From a flurry of attacks targeting UK retailers to campaigns corralling end-of-life routers into botnets, it’s a wrap on another month filled with impactful cybersecurity news 30 May 2025 It’s that time of month again when ESET Chief Security Evangelist… Read More "This month in security with Tony Anscombe – May 2025 edition"
For decades, memory safety vulnerabilities have been at the center of various security incidents across the industry, eroding trust in technology and costing billions. Traditional approaches, like code auditing, fuzzing, and exploit mitigations – while helpful – haven’t been enough… Read More "the need for memory safety standards"
May 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Crime A multinational law enforcement operation has resulted in the takedown of an online cybercrime syndicate that offered services to threat actors to ensure that their malicious software stayed undetected from security software. To… Read More "U.S. DoJ Seizes 4 Domains Supporting Cybercrime Crypting Services in Global Operation"
Posted by Lyubov Farafonova, Product Manager, Phone by Google; Alberto Pastor Nieto, Sr. Product Manager Google Messages and RCS Spam and Abuse Google has been at the forefront of protecting users from the ever-growing threat of scams and fraud with… Read More "New AI-Powered Scam Detection Features to Help Protect You on Android"
