Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The attacks that took place in the past weeks were detected by researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). “Recently, TAG became aware of a new campaign likely from the same actors based on similarities with the previous campaign. ” reads the advisory published by Google TAG.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The findings come from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which found the adversary setting up fake accounts on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Mastodon to forge

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The Hacker News

MARCH 25, 2022

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday disclosed that it acted to mitigate threats from two distinct government-backed attacker groups based in North Korea that exploited a recently-uncovered remote code execution flaw in the Chrome web browser. based organizations

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 22, 2024

Researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) have published their findings about a group they have dubbed Coldriver. To gain trust, Coldriver uses social media and professional marketing systems to build a profile of its target. TAG has created a YARA rule that cab help find the Spica backdoor.

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Dark Reading

JANUARY 26, 2021

Google TAG warns the infosec community of unsolicited requests from individuals seeking collaboration on vulnerability research.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

According to a new report released by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant, Russia’s cyber attacks against Ukraine increased by 250% in 2022. The company said it observed […] The post Google Confirms Increase In Russian Cyber Attacks Against Ukraine appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool GC2 in an attack against a Taiwanese media organization. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team reported that the China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool Google Command and Control ( GC2 ) in an attack against an unnamed Taiwanese media organization.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Google TAG researchers discovered that threat actors leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in macOS in a watering hole campaign aimed at delivering malware to users in Hong Kong. The watering hole campaign targeted websites of a media outlet and important pro-democracy labor and political group. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

Google published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report which reveals the company has taken down ten coordinated operations in Q2 2020. Google has published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report , a bulletin that includes coordinated influence operation campaigns tracked in Q2 of 2020. response to COVID-19.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns of a North Korea-linked cyberespionage group tracked as ARCHIPELAGO. TAG believes that the ARCHIPELAGO group is a subset of a threat actor tracked by Mandiant as APT43. ” reads the analysis published by Google TAG.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that some former members of the Conti cybercrime group were involved in five different campaigns targeting Ukraine between April and August 2022. ” reads the TAG’s report. ” concludes TAG.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 31, 2021

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says that North Korean government-sponsored hackers are once again targeting security researchers using fake Twitter and LinkedIn social media accounts. [.].

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The Hacker News

JANUARY 26, 2021

The internet giant's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said the adversary created a research blog and multiple profiles on various social media platforms such as Twitter, Twitter, LinkedIn

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2021

Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that North Korea-linked hackers are targeting security researchers via social media. The cyberspies used fake Twitter and LinkedIn social media accounts to get in contact with the victims. ” reads the post published by Google TAG.

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Zero Day

APRIL 1, 2021

Google TAG warns of the group using zero-day exploits after reaching out to targets on social media.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

Google TAG shared indicators of compromise (IoCs) for both campaigns. The experts pointed out that both campaigns were limited and highly targeted. The threat actors behind the attacks used both zero-day and n-day exploits in their exploits. The exploits were used to install commercial spyware and malicious apps on targets’ devices.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

These radios are being tracked and tagged by marketers, telecom companies and individuals in an effort to resell that data to parties willing to pay. Tiny BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) tags are being placed in people’s vehicles, pockets, bags and other items on the move all the time.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 3, 2021

Going deep into the details, Lior Div, the CEO of Cybereason confirmed the incident and tagged the espionage as a threat to national security and stated that such state sponsored espionage operations make customer lose trust on the telecom operators.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2022

The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has shared their observations about a group of cybercriminals called Exotic Lily. Among these interested parties TAG found the Conti and Diavol ransomware groups. From the TAG blog we can learn that Exotic Lily was very much specialized. Initial access broker. Exotic Lily.

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Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Web applications, including MPEG video and social media, which comprise content or requested URLs for HTTP traffic. Tags – Predefined tags that provide additional information about the application. Example tags include webmail, SSL protocol, file sharing/transfer, and displays ads.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2023

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Back in 2021, the social media dance extravaganza platform agreed to pay $92m to settle dozens of lawsuits alleging harvesting of personal data. For the time being, you can certainly take some action yourself and help your child become a little bit more cyber-savvy in their social media dealings.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The social media giant was found using the new tech to help tag people assisting blind and the visually impaired people in meeting their loved ones in near future. The social networking firm will no longer be storing any facial scans without the permission of its users.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The suit contains arguments that Facebook’s now-defunct photo-tagging feature illegally collected data about Texan people’s faces, including those who are non-Facebook users but were tagged by someone who is, without asking for consent. Paxton filed the lawsuit on Monday in the state’s Harrison County District Court.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Labor Party was informed about the incident on October 29th,2021 after which it review the situation and informed the media, National Crime Agency(NCA), National Cyber Security Centre(NCSC), and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Over 56% of Americans believe that the social media giant is causing a negative impact on the society. Amazon stood first with the best trustworthiness tag on the list, as over 53% of Americans believe that technology and retailing giant can be trusted in all spheres, with Google, Microsoft and Apple following in the list.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 24, 2022

MediaTek took a note of the vulnerability that led to two flaws CVE-2021-0675 and CVE-2021-0674 both assigned as high and medium scale flaws, while Qualcomm identified the flaw as a critical severity by tagging it as CVE-2021-30351.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 16, 2023

The people behind this leaned heavily into social media to make it all look real, promoting their “finds” on networks such as Twitter. The supposedly exploitable products included Chrome, Discord, and Exchange. All popular programs, and guaranteed to grab the attention of anyone interested in the security space.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2022

The investigation started in November after Google TAG published a blogpost about watering-hole attacks targeting macOS users in Hong Kong. Google TAG researchers discovered that threat actors leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in macOS in a watering hole campaign aimed at delivering malware to users in Hong Kong.

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Hacker's King

JUNE 29, 2023

The feature lets you send high-resolution media files within the app without reducing their quality. Before the HD Photo option, the default option on WhatsApp for media files was always Standard Quality’, and there was no option to change it. The image will be sent to the chat with an HD tag. At the top, tap on the ‘HD‘ icon.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2023

The CVE-2023-26083 flaw in the Arm Mali GPU driver is chained with other issues to install commercial spyware, as reported by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) in a recent report. Mandiant researchers first observed this affiliate targeting Veritas issues in the wild on October 22, 2022.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The warning was issued after the Australian News Media starting publishing certain things regarding a critical infrastructure bill of 2020 related to Security Legislation Amendment. And practically the bill is actually an extension to the existing act of 2018 related to communications, transport, data and cloud.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 10, 2024

” Let’s break it down: what these services offer, how they help, and if the peace of mind is worth the price tag. Deciding whether identity theft protection is worth the price tag takes more than a simple cost-benefit analysis. What Do Identity Theft Protection Companies Do? What about your identity?

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Google Security

JUNE 30, 2020

Software Tag-Based KASAN Continuing work on adopting the Arm Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) in Android, Android 11 includes support for kernel HWASAN , also known as Software Tag-Based KASAN. Its Software Tag-Based mode is a software implementation of the memory tagging concept for the kernel.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 31, 2021

Don’t post on social media that you’re away on vacation. Secure Homes Athens Avoid sharing social media posts In the age of social media, we are constantly sharing photos and tagging our location in pictures. Avoid sharing social media posts that show when you are away from home.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

According to Avanan blog, once the attacker publishes the lure, “Google provides a link with embed tags that are meant to be used on forums to render custom content. The attacker does not need the iframe tags and only needs to copy the part with the Google Docs link.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

At the same time, we are using social media and other tools to put this enormous trove of pictures of faces up in the cloud where they can be analyzed. Many of these photos are tagged with the identity of the people in them. We are also putting cameras everywhere, in devices, in our homes, in our shops, on our streets.

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