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Android
Android 17 makes it harder for spyware to cover its tracks

When a journalist suspects their phone has been hacked, the first question is whether any trace of the attack is left. Google has added six features to Advanced Protection in …

vulnerability
The vulnerabilities AI finds are the ones attackers want

Attackers exploited a flaw found by an AI research agent within four days of its public disclosure, and they are exploiting more vulnerabilities overall, according to new …

Gemini 4 Argon
Google says Gemini 4 Argon can find and patch critical software flaws

Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, its new frontier AI model, and is rolling it out to a set of trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program. Google says the model can …

SynthID Bio
Google’s SynthID Bio can watermark AI-designed protein binders without breaking them

Google DeepMind has built SynthID Bio, a watermark for AI-designed proteins, and shown in wet-lab tests on protein binders that it leaves their function intact. The method …

cloud security
Google plans to give Private AI Compute a memory that follows users across devices

Google plans to add private, server-side memory to Private AI Compute, enabling AI assistants to maintain continuity across devices while providing privacy protections …

Google
Google hit with €403 million GDPR fine over location tracking

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Google €403 million (about $463 million) over its processing of users’ location data and ordered the company to bring that …

Android
Android apps can now check security patches down to individual device components

New AndroidX Security State libraries provide a more granular way to determine how securely patched an Android device is. The stable Security State v1.1.0 and Security State …

Google
Google’s new agent security system detects tool misuse, loops and rogue behavior

Google’s Agent Anomaly Detection is a reasoning-based oversight and audit layer for autonomous agents deployed on Agent Runtime in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and …

AI
One runaway AI agent racked up a $50,000 cloud bill

Organizations are deploying autonomous AI systems that execute API calls, optimize production configurations, and analyze telemetry across hybrid cloud environments. At the …

Android passwords
Your passkeys can now move between password managers on Android

Google turned on a transfer feature in Android that moves passwords and passkeys straight from one password manager to another, with no file to download along the way. You …

Google Chrome
Google fixes yet another actively exploited Chrome zero-day (CVE-2026-87491)

Google has fixed 230 vulnerabilities in Chrome, including a zero-day flaw, CVE-2026-87491, with an in-the-wild exploit. “Google is aware that an exploit for …

AI
Threat actors are giving AI agents a bigger role in cyberattacks

AI agents are automating parts of cyberattacks with less human involvement, including vulnerability scanning, credential harvesting, and troubleshooting, according to Google …

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