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All CosmicBytez Labs articles tagged #Google, across news, security advisories, how-to guides, and projects.

  • NewsJul 15, 2026

    Google Gemini CLI Jailbroken and Used as a Hacking Agent to Run a Malware Botnet

    Trend Micro researchers discovered a Russian-speaking threat actor named 'bandcampro' who jailbroke Google's open-source Gemini CLI to operate an 8-machine botnet inside a dental clinic, including autonomously migrating C2 infrastructure in just 6 minutes.

  • NewsJul 4, 2026

    North Korean Hackers Publish 108 Malicious Packages in PolinRider Campaign

    Threat actors linked to North Korea's Contagious Interview campaign have published 108 malicious packages and browser extensions across npm, Packagist,...

  • NewsJul 3, 2026

    NetNut Proxy Network Disrupted, 2 Million Infected Devices Cut Off

    Google's Threat Intelligence Group and the FBI have dismantled NetNut, a residential proxy network built on 2 million compromised Android smart TVs and...

  • NewsJul 2, 2026

    Google Disrupts NetNut Residential Proxy Network Spanning 2 Million Home Devices

    Working alongside the FBI and Lumen Technologies, Google's Threat Intelligence Group has significantly degraded NetNut — one of the largest networks that...

  • NewsJul 2, 2026

    Google Loses Final Appeal to Overturn €4.1 Billion EU Antitrust Fine

    The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed Google's final appeal against a €4.1 billion antitrust fine, confirming that the company...

  • NewsJul 1, 2026

    Fake Perplexity Extension on Chrome Web Store Tracked Searches and Harvested Browsing Data

    A malicious extension masquerading as the Perplexity AI answer engine was discovered on the Chrome Web Store, intercepting search traffic and collecting...

  • NewsJun 25, 2026

    Chrome Ad Blocker with 10M+ Installs Found with Dormant Script Injection Capability

    Security researchers at Island discovered that 'Adblock for YouTube,' a Chrome extension with over 10 million installs and a Featured badge, contains a...

  • NewsJun 21, 2026

    China-Nexus Actor Spies on US Researchers Undetected for a Year

    Google's Threat Intelligence Group discovered and disrupted a sprawling China-nexus espionage campaign that stole RedCAP credentials to silently breach...

  • NewsJun 21, 2026

    Google Exposes China Espionage Group UNC6508 Lurking in Networks Since 2023

    Google's Threat Intelligence Group has unmasked UNC6508, a China-linked espionage actor that silently maintained access to critical infrastructure and...

  • NewsJun 18, 2026

    Google to Use UK and EU User IP Addresses for Ad Personalization

    Starting August 3, 2026, Google will use IP addresses from UK, EEA, and Switzerland users for ad measurement and personalization — a reversal of its...

  • NewsJun 15, 2026

    FBI and Google Dismantle 'Outsider Enterprise' Phishing Service

    A joint FBI and Google operation took down the Outsider Enterprise phishing platform — responsible for over 9,000 fake sites, nearly 4 million stolen...

  • NewsJun 15, 2026

    FBI and Google Dismantle 'Outsider Enterprise' Phishing-as-a-Service Platform

    A joint FBI and Google operation has dismantled the 'Outsider Enterprise' phishing-as-a-service platform responsible for over 9,000 phishing sites, nearly...

  • NewsJun 14, 2026

    FBI Dismantles Massive AI-Powered Chinese Phishing-as-a-Service Operation

    The FBI, Google, and Black Lotus Labs jointly dismantled Outsider Enterprise, a massive Chinese phishing-as-a-service platform that operated over one...

  • NewsJun 14, 2026

    Google Confirms ShinyHunters Exploited Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day CVE-2026-35273

    Google's Threat Intelligence Group confirmed in-the-wild exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day CVE-2026-35273 by ShinyHunters, even as Oracle...

  • NewsJun 13, 2026

    In Other News: Google Security Layoffs, AudiA6 Takedown, $400M Coupang Fine

    This week's security roundup covers Google's controversial security team layoffs, Europol's dismantling of the AudiA6 ransomware crypto laundering...

  • SecurityJun 9, 2026

    CVE-2026-11645: Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Read and Write Vulnerability

    A critical out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability in the Chromium V8 engine allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a...

  • NewsJun 6, 2026

    AI Agent Uncovers 21 Zero-Days in FFmpeg; Chrome Patches Record 429 Bugs

    An autonomous AI security agent found 21 previously unknown vulnerabilities in FFmpeg, the media library powering countless applications. The same week…

  • NewsJun 4, 2026

    Fake Sites Mimicking Open-Source Tools Rank High on Google to Deliver Malware via TDS

    Researchers have uncovered a large-scale SEO poisoning campaign that uses fake open-source and freeware project sites to funnel victims through a Traffic…

  • NewsJun 2, 2026

    Android June 2026 Update Patches Exploited Zero-Day and 123 Other Vulnerabilities

    Google's June 2026 Android security bulletin addresses 124 vulnerabilities including CVE-2025-48595, an actively exploited zero-day used in limited targeted…

  • NewsJun 2, 2026

    Google Fixes One Actively Exploited Android Zero-Day, 124 Flaws in June 2026 Update

    Google's June 2026 Android security update patches 124 vulnerabilities including one zero-day flaw that has been actively exploited in targeted attacks…

  • NewsMay 30, 2026

    Chrome 148 Update Patches 151 Vulnerabilities Including Critical RCE Flaws

    Google has released Chrome 148 with patches for 151 security vulnerabilities, including critical-severity flaws that could allow remote code execution....

  • NewsMay 29, 2026

    US Charges Google Security Engineer with Polymarket Insider Trading

    A Google security engineer was charged with insider trading after winning $1.2 million by placing bets on cryptocurrency-based Polymarket using...

  • NewsMay 27, 2026

    CrowdStrike Dismantles Glassworm Botnet Targeting Open-Source Supply Chain

    CrowdStrike, Google, and Shadowserver dismantled the Glassworm botnet, stripping operators of infrastructure used to inject malware into OSS packages.

  • NewsMay 27, 2026

    GlassWorm Malware Takedown Disrupts Developer Supply Chain Attack Infrastructure

    CrowdStrike, Google, and Shadowserver simultaneously disrupted GlassWorm C2 channels, ending a supply-chain campaign targeting developers via packages.

  • NewsMay 21, 2026

    Google Accidentally Exposed Details of Unfixed Chromium Flaw

    Google accidentally leaked information about an unpatched Chromium vulnerability that allows JavaScript to continue running in the background even after...

  • NewsletterMay 12, 2026

    May 12 Digest: AI-Generated Zero-Day, Shai-Hulud Worm

    Google confirms the first AI-generated zero-day in the wild; TeamPCP's Mini Shai-Hulud worm hits TanStack, Mistral AI, and Guardrails AI; Instructure pays...

  • NewsMay 11, 2026

    Google Detects First AI-Generated Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild

    SecurityWeek reports that Google has confirmed detecting the first known AI-generated zero-day exploit actively used in the wild. The exploit, designed to...

  • NewsMay 11, 2026

    Google: Hackers Used AI to Develop Zero-Day Exploit for Web

    Google Threat Intelligence Group researchers say a zero-day exploit targeting a widely used open-source web administration tool was likely generated using...

  • NewsMay 11, 2026

    Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass

    Google has disclosed a landmark discovery: an unknown threat actor used an AI system to develop a zero-day exploit in the wild — the first confirmed...

  • NewsMay 10, 2026

    Hackers Abuse Google Ads and Claude.ai Chats to Push Mac

    Attackers are running a sophisticated malvertising campaign that hijacks Google Ads and legitimate Claude.ai shared chat sessions to deliver Mac malware...

  • NewsApr 30, 2026

    Critical Gemini CLI Flaw Enabled Host Code Execution

    A critical vulnerability in Google's Gemini CLI allowed an attacker to plant a malicious configuration file that executed commands outside the sandbox,...

  • NewsApr 30, 2026

    Google Fixes CVSS 10 Gemini CLI RCE and Cursor Flaws Enable

    Google has patched a maximum severity vulnerability in its Gemini CLI npm package and GitHub Actions workflow that allowed unprivileged attackers to...

  • SecurityApr 29, 2026

    Google Chrome GPU Use-After-Free Sandbox Escape

    A CVSS 9.6 critical use-after-free vulnerability in the GPU component of Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.138 allows a remote attacker to potentially...

  • NewsApr 26, 2026

    Patch Tuesday, April 2026 Edition

    Microsoft released patches for 167 security vulnerabilities in April 2026, including an actively exploited SharePoint Server zero-day and the publicly...

  • NewsApr 17, 2026

    Google Blocks 8.3B Policy-Violating Ads in 2025, Launches

    Google removed over 8.3 billion policy-violating ads and suspended 24.9 million accounts in 2025, while simultaneously rolling out sweeping Android 17...

  • NewsApr 1, 2026

    Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North

    Google's Threat Intelligence Group has formally attributed the supply chain compromise of the popular Axios npm package to UNC1069, a financially...

  • NewsApr 1, 2026

    Google Fixes Fourth Chrome Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks in 2026

    Google has patched the fourth Chrome zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in attacks this year, a use-after-free flaw in the Dawn graphics engine...

  • NewsApr 1, 2026

    New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation

    Google has released a Chrome security update patching 21 vulnerabilities including a high-severity use-after-free zero-day in the Dawn graphics engine...

  • NewsApr 1, 2026

    ''NoVoice'' Android Malware on Google Play Infected 2.3

    A new Android malware named NoVoice was discovered hiding in over 50 apps on the Google Play Store, with a combined download count of at least 2.3...

  • SecurityApr 1, 2026

    CVE-2026-5272: Chrome GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Enables

    A high-severity heap buffer overflow in Chrome's GPU component allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. Affects all...

  • NewsMar 31, 2026

    Google Slashes Quantum Resource Requirements for Breaking

    Google researchers have demonstrated that breaking the elliptic curve cryptography underpinning Bitcoin and Ethereum requires 20x fewer qubits than...

  • NewsMar 16, 2026

    Android 17 Blocks Non-Accessibility Apps from Accessibility

    Google is testing a new Android Advanced Protection Mode enforcement in Android 17 Beta 2 that automatically strips non-accessibility apps of their...

  • NewsMar 6, 2026

    Google: 90 Zero-Days Exploited in 2025 — Enterprise Tech

    Google's Threat Intelligence Group tracked 90 zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited in 2025, with enterprise software and appliances accounting for...

  • NewsMar 3, 2026

    Android March 2026 Security Update Patches 129

    Google's March 2026 Android security bulletin addresses 129 vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-21385 — an actively exploited zero-day in a Qualcomm...

  • NewsFeb 28, 2026

    Google Disrupts Massive Chinese Espionage Campaign

    Google's Threat Intelligence Group dismantles UNC2814, a China-linked operation that deployed a novel backdoor called GRIDTIDE abusing Google Sheets API...

  • NewsFeb 17, 2026

    Adani Pledges $100 Billion for Renewable-Powered AI Data

    Indian conglomerate Adani announces a massive $100 billion investment to develop renewable energy-powered AI data centers across India, partnering with...

  • NewsFeb 17, 2026

    YouTube Suffers Major Global Outage Affecting 300,000+ Users

    YouTube experienced a massive global outage on February 17 after a failure in Google's recommendations system cascaded across the entire platform,...

  • NewsFeb 16, 2026

    India Hosts Global AI Impact Summit — 20 World Leaders and Tech CEOs

    India's AI Impact Summit kicks off February 16 in New Delhi, drawing 20 national leaders, 45 ministerial delegations, and the CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI,...

  • NewsFeb 13, 2026

    All Four Major Nation-State Adversaries Now Weaponizing

    Google reports that APT groups from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are all actively using Gemini AI for cyber operations including target...

  • NewsFeb 10, 2026

    Google's $32 Billion Wiz Acquisition Clears Final Hurdle as

    The European Commission grants unconditional antitrust approval for Google's $32 billion all-cash acquisition of cloud security firm Wiz — the largest...

  • NewsFeb 5, 2026

    Google Begins Post-Quantum Cryptography Rollout Across

    Google activates ML-KEM post-quantum key encapsulation by default in Chrome 134 and announces migration timeline for all Google Cloud TLS connections.

  • SecurityFeb 4, 2026

    Critical Google Looker Vulnerabilities Allow Full System

    Two severe vulnerabilities in Google Looker, dubbed 'LookOut', could allow attackers to gain complete control of self-hosted deployments affecting 60,000+...