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Google has been forced to patch another zero-day in its Chrome browser, the third exploited flaw in a week.

Google has issued a patch for the fifth zero-day flaw in its Chrome browser this year, preventing attackers from executing malicious code on users' devices.

GUEST RESEARCH: Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant, renowned leaders in cybersecurity research, have released their annual report on zero-day vulnerabilities, highlighting a significant surge in exploitation incidents witnessed in 2023.

Google has started testing out the killing of third-party cookies which are used to track users from site to site and build profiles of them for the purpose of targeting advertising.

Security vendor Norton is applying AI to scam detection, and its new Norton Genie app is now available to the public in an early access program.

Security vendor WatchGuard Technologies' AuthPoint Total Identity Security bundles AuthPoint multi-factor authentication with dark web credential monitoring capabilities and a corporate password manager.

Vivaldi users will now be able to use Bing Chat after the Norwegian company behind the browser added a tweak to allow the bypassing of restrictions on using the chat app.

The UK competition regulator has confirmed it is investigating the dominance enjoyed by Apple and Google in cloud gaming and mobile browsers.

The reason why Google launches so many products and then abandons them is because only those who launch new products are in a position to chase promotions, an unnamed ex-employee and a current employee claim.

GUEST RESEARCH: WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity, today announced findings from its most recent Internet Security Report, which details the top malware trends and network security threats analysed by WatchGuard Threat Lab researchers in Q2 2022. Key findings from the data include a reduction in overall malware detections from the peaks seen in the first half of 2021, an increase in threats for Chrome and Microsoft Office, the ongoing Emotet botnet resurgence, and much more.

Enterprise cloud communications provider RingCentral announced a set of AI-powered video capabilities along with extended browser support for RingCentral MVP and RingCentral Video customers.

GUEST OPINION: Cybercriminals are making use of privileged access credentials for almost half of all attacks undertaken within the Microsoft ecosystem.

There has been a significant increase in global ransomware attacks in the second quarter of 2022, with attacks up 24% from the three months of the first quarter this year.

Google appears to have failed so far in 2022 to reach one of the stated goals in its review of zero-days for 2021: sharing exploit samples or detailed technical descriptions more widely.

Google's bid to position itself as some kind of competitor to Microsoft based on its security credentials has been dealt a bad blow, with the company reporting the third zero-day in its browser Chrome just before the long Easter weekend.

Google has issued a patch for a vulnerability in its Chrome browser that is being actively exploited in the wild.

The competition watchdog, the ACCC, has called for measures addressing Google’s dominance in search engine services, including a choice screen that provides consumers with a selection of search engines, to be introduced in Australia.

Adobe's new Acrobat extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge provide what the company claims is the most comprehensive set of PDF tools.

Hardware authentication provider Yubico has announced its YubiKey Bio Series, the first from its portals to support fingerprint recognition for secure passwordless and second-factor logins.

Search giant Google has taken a swing at European anti-trust regulators over a €4.34 billion (US$5.07 billion, A$6.96 billion) fine imposed on it in 2018 for allegedly breaching anti-trust rules relevant to Android, claiming the authorities had turned a blind eye to Apple, its sole rival in the smartphone space.