Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon with leading cyber benchmarks
Access is limited to some cyber defenders under Fairwind, and Google says it resisted every tested indirect prompt injection.
Access is limited to some cyber defenders under Fairwind, and Google says it resisted every tested indirect prompt injection.
Version 1.1.2 adds hidden desktop control, a shell, and a loader; Varonis ties its helper to StealC 3.5.
OpenAI says the extension is on all ChatGPT plans and can fill forms, message, and organize tabs.
Forescout says ROMULUS delivers LegionLoader and sideloaded malware through ClickFix traps.
Google patched ten Chrome 155 flaws, including critical Prerender use-after-free CVE-2026-110922, with no known exploitation.
OpenAI's ChatGPT Chrome extension can now read open tabs and control the browser for forms, messages, and downloads.
Google Play hosted a Hizbartech fake Chrome app, later removed, that showed 100,000-plus downloads.
A Hizbartech app impersonated Chrome on Google Play and showed a disputed 100,000-download badge before apparent removal.
Russia-aligned UAC-0099 deployed the ASHVEIN RAT against Ukrainian government staff, hiding tasking in HTML.
Attackers hijacked the .gh, .sl, and .as registries and obtained unauthorized certificates covering Google domains.
Sixteen malicious Firefox extensions impersonating Rabby and OKX wallets stole recovery phrases via Cloudflare Workers.
Google patched 247 Chrome flaws, including four critical use-after-free bugs, in version 155.0.8059.39.
A ClickFix campaign compromised over 100 Ukrainian websites to deliver the Lunex information stealer.
Google shipped Chrome 154 fixes for 32 flaws, including critical ANGLE bug CVE-2026-102331.
Thirty-one malicious Chrome VPN extensions enrolled about 356,000 browsers into a remotely controlled residential proxy network.
Thirty-one fake Chrome VPN extensions, with about 356,000 installs, route browser traffic through attacker-controlled proxies.
A Chrome Web Store ad blocker called Poper Blocker exfiltrates sensitive data and was downloaded millions of times.
PerceptFence mediates screen-share AI assistant capture to redact secrets, beating Presidio on OCR-surviving PII in synthetic tests.
Attackers hijacked Ukrainian sites with a fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA to install Psychedelic Stealer and steal credentials.
Cisco Talos says CLOSEDQUORUM lets four commercial AI models vote on credential and wallet theft.
Canadian Cyber Centre flags Chrome Stable Channel desktop vulnerabilities and urges users to update.
ClosedQuorum, a Go Windows implant, lets several LLMs choose post-compromise actions without a human operator.
Securonix details TASK#STOMP, a PowerShell backdoor stealing documents, Wi-Fi passwords, and clipboard data.
EtherHiding malware uses Polygon blockchain smart contracts for resilient C2 and steals banking credentials from nearly 500 targeted domains.
Researchers disclosed BragJack, a zero-click extension attack hijacking AI assistants in Chrome, Edge, Opera, Comet, and Claude.
AI-assisted bug hunting drives record vulnerability disclosures, with 66,401 CVEs logged in 2026 so far, nearly double last year's pace, straining defenders and open-source maintainers.
Elastic Security Labs detailed KREMLIN, a Brazilian banking malware that silently installs malicious Chrome and Edge extensions, with 1,515 confirmed infections.
Researchers showed a single browser extension could hijack AI agents in Chrome, Edge, Comet, Opera Neon and Claude in Chrome, earning $20,000 in bounties.
Elastic tracks KREMLIN banking malware that used fake Brazilian bank JavaScript lures to deploy malicious Chrome and Edge extensions on 1,515 systems.
Unit 42 uncovers CL-CRI-1171, a two-year pay-per-install campaign distributing 10,000+ OfferLoader samples via YouTube and SEO poisoning.
CVE-2026-87464 is a critical use-after-free in Chrome's WebGL allowing sandbox-escaping RCE via crafted HTML pages, fixed in 153.0.8010.36.
Multiple China-linked espionage groups share the BlueMoon exploit kit chaining Chrome V8 zero-days and a Windows ALPC LPE to deploy backdoors.
Huntress found fake GTA 6 installer ISOs spreading NJRAT, DCRAT, Mercurial Grabber and a Chaos ransomware wiper that steals credentials.
Proofpoint reports four nation-state actors, mostly China-nexus, adopted the BlueMoon Chrome and Windows zero-day exploit kit within 12 days, targeting US organizations.
China-linked clusters deploy the BlueMoon kit chaining Chrome V8 CVE-2026-85046 and Windows LPE CVE-2026-85880 in espionage campaigns.
Google patched actively exploited Chrome V8 out-of-bounds write CVE-2026-87491; CISA added it to KEV with a September 23 patch deadline.
Proofpoint reports the BlueMoon exploit kit, chaining two Chrome V8 zero-days and a Windows ALPC bug, being shared across China-linked espionage groups.
Proofpoint reports at least four hacking groups, some China-linked, share the BlueMoon exploit kit chaining Chromium and Windows kernel vulnerabilities to install malware.
At least four China-aligned espionage groups chained three zero-days in Chromium browsers and Windows ALPC for espionage since late August.
Four China-aligned espionage groups, starting with TA412/APT31, chained zero-days CVE-2026-85046, CVE-2026-87491 and CVE-2026-85880 to spy on targets since late August.
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