Google Project Zero

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  Google Project Zero Finds Unpatched Security Flaws in Android Phones by Multiple Vendors

  Google Project Zero has discovered security flaws in Android devices by vendors like Google, Samsung, Xiaomi, and Oppo. Notably, the team had initially discovered these issues earlier this year in June and July.

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  US Launches $3.5 Billion Programme to Capture and Store CO2 From Air in an Effort to Minimise Climate Change

  The US Energy Department has launched a programme on Thursday to fund four large-scale projects across the country that can remove carbon dioxide from the air. The federal department invested $3.5 billion in the technology. The programme would create four regional direct air capture hubs to spur the widespread deployment of the technology and carbo...

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  Google's Project Zero Says 2021 Was Year With the Most Zero-Day Exploits

  A zero-day vulnerability stands for security flaws that developers have just got to know about. As a result, they don't have any day to fix the flaw. Undetected zero-day vulnerabilities may result in data breaches and ransomware attacks.

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  iOS 14 Carries ‘BlastDoor’ Sandbox Security System to Protect iMessage, Google Researcher Discovers

  Apple’s iOS 14 carries a new security system called BlastDoor that is meant to protect data transmitted via iMessage. The new system separates data processing on iMessage from other elements of the operating system.

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  Google Chrome Update for Windows, Mac, Linux Fixes Critical Zero-Day Bug

  This new zero-day vulnerability is reported to be a memory bug in the FreeType font rendering library. This was spotted being abused by a threat actor by the Project Zero team. Project Zero team lead Ben Hawkes advises other app vendors of Freetype to also adopt the emergency fix released on the FreeType website.

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  Google Project Zero Researchers Disclose 5 ‘Zero Interaction’ iMessage Flaws, 4 Fixed in iOS 12.4

  Google Project Zero team has yet again found a number of security vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS operating system. Two members of the Project Zero team discovered five new “zero interaction” flaws in iMessage.

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  Google's Project Zero Reveals Zero-Day Exploit on Windows That Microsoft Hasn't Fixed Yet

  Google's Project Zero has filed the Windows vulnerability that exists in the SymCrypt core cryptographic library as "low severity".

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  Google Project Zero Reveals 'High Severity' macOS Flaw

  macOS kernel flaw allows an attacker to modify a user-owned mounted filesystem without the knowledge of macOS memory manager.

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  iOS 12.1.4 Patches 2 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities That ‘Were Exploited in the Wild’: Google Project Zero

  A Google security researcher revealed that hackers have been spotted attempting to exploit two iOS vulnerabilities.

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  Logitech Updates 'Options' Customisation App to Fix Security Flaw Allowing Keystroke Injection Attacks

  The updated Logitech Options app version 7.00.564 is now available for download.

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  Google Project Zero Team Discloses Windows 10 Flaw Before Microsoft Can Fix It

  Google's Project Zero calls out unpatched Windows 10 S bug, for which Microsoft wanted a deadline extension.

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  uTorrent Windows Apps Contain Security Flaws That Let Attackers Control Your Computer, Fixes Coming

  BitTorrent developers are releasing updates to fix the critical uTorrent flaws.

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  Google Project Zero Discloses Edge Browser Bug Before Microsoft Has a Fix Ready

  Google's Project Zero team has made public the details of a medium-level security flaw in Microsoft Edge browser, a patch for which has still not been released.

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  Meltdown, Spectre Chip Flaws: Who's Affected

  Researchers at Google's Project Zero and academic institutions including the Graz University of Technology in Austria discovered the problem last year.

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  Meltdown, Spectre Security Flaws Found in Intel, AMD, ARM CPUs Put Virtually All Computers, Phones at Risk

  Meltdown is specific to Intel but Spectre affects laptops, desktop computers, smartphones, tablets, and Internet servers alike.