Data Protection Google Cloud Sets Out Post-Quantum Roadmap With 2029 Readiness Goal Google Cloud outlines its roadmap to full post-quantum cryptography readiness, with key milestones targeted for 2027 and 2028. Eduard KovacsAugust 14, 2026
Identity & Access New Attack Methods Enable Malware to Hijack Passkey-Protected Accounts Palo Alto Networks researchers have demonstrated attacks against Google’s synced passkey implementation. Eduard KovacsAugust 5, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Google AI Uncovers 13-Year-Old Chrome Flaw Amid Record Patching Pace The internet giant has built an agent harness to find vulnerabilities across Chrome’s codebase. Ionut ArghireJuly 31, 2026
Malware & Threats Google Adopts New Threat Actor Naming System The new two-word naming convention uses a memorable term utilized in public reporting and a cluster-categorization word. Ionut ArghireJuly 28, 2026
Vulnerabilities 15-Year-Old Linux Vulnerability ‘GhostLock’ Earns Researchers $92k From Google Affecting every major distribution since 2011, the Linux kernel vulnerability allows attackers to gain root access. Ionut ArghireJuly 9, 2026
Phishing FBI, Google Dismantle ‘Outsider Enterprise’ Phishing Service The platform used more than 9,000 phishing sites, stealing nearly 4 million credit cards and causing roughly $1.9 billion in losses. Ionut ArghireJune 15, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Google Unveils AI Threat Defense Platform to Fight AI-Powered Cyberattacks New AI Threat Defense platform combines capabilities from Mandiant, Wiz and Gemini to help customers fight AI with AI. Ionut ArghireMay 28, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Google’s Surge in Chrome Vulnerability Discoveries Likely Driven by AI More than 200 vulnerabilities patched in recent Chrome releases are marked as ‘reported by Google’. Eduard KovacsMay 21, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Google Detects First AI-Generated Zero-Day Exploit The zero-day was designed to bypass 2FA and it was developed by a prominent cybercrime group. Eduard KovacsMay 11, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Google Adjusts Bug Bounties: Chrome Payouts Drop as Android Rewards Rise Amid AI Surge The maximum reward for a zero-click Pixel Titan M exploit with persistence has increased to $1.5 million. Eduard KovacsMay 1, 2026
Mobile & Wireless Google Adds Rust DNS Parser to Pixel Phones for Better Security The parser is meant to mitigate the entire class of memory safety bugs in the low-level environment. Ionut ArghireApril 14, 2026
Data Protection Gmail Brings End-to-End Encryption to Android and iOS for Enterprise Users The feature allows enterprise users to compose and read end-to-end encrypted messages natively on their mobile devices. Ionut ArghireApril 13, 2026
Identity & Access Google Rolls Out Cookie Theft Protections in Chrome New Device Bound Session Credentials render stolen session cookies unusable by cryptographically binding authentication. Ionut ArghireApril 10, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Google API Keys in Android Apps Expose Gemini Endpoints to Unauthorized Access Dozens of such keys can be extracted from apps’ decompiled code to gain access to all Gemini endpoints. Ionut ArghireApril 9, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Google DeepMind Researchers Map Web Attacks Against AI Agents A vulnerability named ‘AI Agent Traps’ allows attackers to manipulate, deceive, and exploit visiting agents via malicious web content. Ionut ArghireApril 6, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Google Addresses Vertex Security Issues After Researchers Weaponize AI Agents Palo Alto Networks has disclosed the details of its analysis of Google Cloud Platform’s Vertex AI. Eduard KovacsApril 1, 2026
Data Protection Google Slashes Quantum Resource Requirements for Breaking Cryptocurrency Encryption Google researchers have shown that breaking the encryption of Bitcoin and Ethereum requires 20x fewer qubits. Eduard KovacsMarch 31, 2026
Cybercrime M-Trends 2026: Initial Access Handoff Shrinks From Hours to 22 Seconds The latest M-Trends report is based on insights from over 500,000 hours of Mandiant incident response investigations in 2025. Eduard KovacsMarch 23, 2026
Fraud & Identity Theft Google, Meta, Microsoft Among Signatories of Pact to Combat Scams Several major tech and retail companies have signed an industry accord against online scams and fraud. Eduard KovacsMarch 17, 2026
Vulnerabilities Google Paid Out $17 Million in Bug Bounty Rewards in 2025 Google paid over $3.7 million for Chrome vulnerabilities, and more than $3.5 million for cloud security defects. Ionut ArghireMarch 13, 2026