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Google is a technology company whose ecosystem includes internet services, cloud infrastructure, mobile software, browsers, and productivity platforms. In information security, the tag commonly covers vulnerabilities and security changes across these services, as well as Google’s role as an identity and data-processing provider for organizations.
Material risks include compromised Google accounts, overly permissive cloud identities or APIs, exposed stored data, and unpatched flaws in software such as Android or Chrome. Security teams should track relevant advisories, prioritize patches based on affected assets and exposure, enforce strong authentication and least-privilege access, and review logging for suspicious account or service activity. Google’s collection and processing of user, device, and organizational data also makes privacy controls, retention settings, contractual obligations, and regulatory compliance important. Its vulnerability-disclosure and threat-intelligence work can inform defensive monitoring, but does not replace asset inventory, configuration review, or tested recovery procedures.
Google has released an emergency security update for the Chrome desktop web browser to address a single vulnerability known to be exploited in attacks. [...]
A set of Android malware droppers were found infiltrating the Google Play store to install malicious programs by pretending to be app updates. [...]
Google announced today that the Google Chrome web browser will likely drop support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 starting February 2023. [...]
Researchers at Guardio Labs have discovered a new malvertizing campaign pushing Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions that hijack searches and insert affiliate links into webpages. [...]