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Google Gemini Abused for Phishing-as-a-Service

ATLAS OWASP HIGH ▲ 7.2 Schneier on Security Jul 08, 2026

A Chinese cybercriminal group called Outsider Enterprise exploited Google's Gemini AI to mass-produce phishing pages impersonating Google, YouTube, and government agencies like E-ZPass, offering nearly 300 scam templates via Telegram. Google has filed suit and coordinated with major US carriers to block the resulting smishing campaigns. The case highlights how generative AI lowers the technical barrier for large-scale phishing operations and stress-tests provider-side content controls.

Google Launches Gemini Spark on Mac with File Access

FIRST LOOK ATLAS OWASP HIGH ▲ 8.2 TechCrunch AI Jul 02, 2026

Google has expanded Gemini Spark to macOS, giving the agentic assistant access to local files, third-party app integrations (including Dropbox, Canva, and Instacart), custom MCP connections, and real-time topic monitoring. This substantially widens the attack surface for enterprise defenders, as a compromised or manipulated Spark agent gains a foothold across local file systems, cloud workspaces, and external service APIs simultaneously. The addition of custom Model Context Protocol support is particularly concerning, as it allows arbitrary third-party tool connections with unclear trust boundaries and permission scoping.

ML Supply Chain Compromise in DoD AI Integration

ATLAS OWASP HIGH ▲ 6.5 SecurityWeek May 04, 2026

The US Department of Defense has formalised agreements with seven major technology companies — including Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Amazon Web Services — to integrate AI into classified military networks for battlefield decision support. The move raises significant AI security concerns around human oversight, adversarial manipulation of high-stakes AI systems, and supply chain risks introduced by multiple commercial vendors operating within classified environments. Notably, Anthropic was excluded following a public dispute over AI safety and ethics in warfare.

Gemini CLI CVSS 10 RCE via Config Injection in CI/CD

ATLAS OWASP CRITICAL ▲ 9.2 The Hacker News May 01, 2026

Google has patched a maximum-severity (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in its Gemini CLI tooling that allowed unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution by planting malicious configuration files in workspace directories automatically trusted by the agent in headless/CI mode. The flaw effectively weaponised CI/CD pipelines as supply chain attack paths, bypassing sandbox protections entirely before they could initialise. A secondary issue in '--yolo' mode further enabled prompt injection to trigger unrestricted shell command execution.

Google Patches Prompt Injection RCE in Agentic AI

ATLAS OWASP CRITICAL ▲ 8.5 Dark Reading Apr 22, 2026

Google has patched a critical prompt injection vulnerability in an agentic AI tool designed for filesystem operations, where insufficient input sanitisation enabled sandbox escape and arbitrary code execution. The flaw highlights the compounding risk surface of agentic AI systems that interface directly with operating system resources. This is a significant example of how LLM-native vulnerabilities can translate into traditional high-severity RCE outcomes.