Google sounds alarm after 2.5B users exposed — says hacking group breached accounts successfully. What to do ASAP to protect yourself

Google revealed that a cybercriminal group known as the ShinyHunters hacked a database of their accounts through the ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Traffic Drops 50% After Site Hack; Recovery Can Take Time Says Google

An SEO consultant posted on LinkedIn that one of his websites saw a 50% decline in traffic in a two week period. This was due to the site being hacked, content being injected and Google indexing that ...
CNET

That Supposed 'Gmail Hack': Google Says It's False, but Watch Out for Phishing Anyway

"Gmail's protections are strong and effective, and claims of a major Gmail security warning are false," the post read. "While it's always the case that phishers are looking for ways to infiltrate ...
New York Post

Google identifies new malware linked to Russian hackers: ‘New development in the toolset’

Alphabet’s Google said on Wednesday it has identified new malware called “LOSTKEYS” tied to the Russian-based hacking group Cold River, which is capable of stealing files and sending system ...
The Atlantic

This Facebook Hack Reverses Google's Self-Promoting Social Search

To prove a point, Facebook, MySpace and Twitter employees have joined forces to create a hack that gets around Google's preferential social search, providing the real, most relevant social-network ...
CNN

Google says China-linked cyber operations targeted Southeast Asia diplomats

Diplomats in Southeast Asia were among global entities targeted by a China-linked cyber espionage group earlier this year, Google has announced, adding the group “likely aligned with the strategic ...