The Hacker News

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday said it's tracking more than 270 government-backed threat actors from more than 50 countries, adding it has approximately sent 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attempts to customers since the start of 2021.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Google revealed to have sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers since January. Google announced to have sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers during 2021. ” wrote Ajax Bash, a Google security engineer from the TAG.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Google revealed that over 12,000 of its users were targeted by state-sponsored hackers in the third quarter of this year. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that it has detected and blocked attacks carried out by nation-state actors on 12,000 of its users in the third quarter of this year. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 5, 2023

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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. Their activities are aligned with those of the Russian government, so it’s pretty safe to say that Coldriver is a state-sponsored group. TAG has created a YARA rule that cab help find the Spica backdoor.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

The campaign took place in February and Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team was not able to link it to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) director Shane Huntley confirmed that the IT giant was able to detect and block all phishing messages. government.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to a report released by US Security firm Cybereason Inc, some of the top telecom companies in the world were digitally compromised by hackers sponsored by China stealing info, such as phone data and location information of telecom service users, respectively.

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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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Graham Cluley

JUNE 30, 2022

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 12, 2023

But both vulnerabilities were credited to Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). That vulnerability was reported by TAG’s Benoît Sevens and the formerly mentioned Clément Lecigne. Recently we saw an update for the Chrome browser which included a patch for an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2023

.” The vulnerability is reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) that was discovered by Clément Lecigne of Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG). Google TAG researchers focus on identifying and countering advanced and persistent threats. Thank you to @Zimbra for publishing this advisory and mitigation advice!

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

Google TAG observed Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeting Ukraine and European government and military orgs. Google TAG observed Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeting Ukrainian and European government and military organizations, as well as individuals. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Shane Huntley, Director at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), revealed that her team has shared its findings with the campaigns and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ” reads the report published by Google TAG. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Google TAG). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Kali Linux

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Another important difference with traditional mirrors is that those machines are not managed by the sponsor (the organization that funds the mirror). Usually, a sponsor provides the bandwidth, the mirror, and also administrates it. Your browser does not support the video tag. sponsored by Accuris Technologies Ltd.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2023

The vulnerability was discovered by Clement Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which is the team at Google that monitors the activity of nation-state actors. The vulnerability has reported on June 1, 2023, it is likely that the flaw was exploited as part of an exploit used by a state-sponsored APT group.

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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

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported. According to the Google Threat Horizons report, the state-sponsored hackers sent fake job offers to employees at the security companies.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2020

A report published by the Google Threat Threat Analysis Group (TAG) speculates that the attack was carried out by a state-sponsored threat actor. Google decided to disclose the DDoS attack today to warn of an increasing trend of state-sponsored actors abusing DDoS attacks to target online resources.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shane Huntley, the head of the Threat Analysis Group (TAG), wrote on Twitter that his group had sent an above-average batch of government-backed security warnings. . TAG sent a above average batch of government-backed security warnings yesterday. Most of APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2022

The security firm is tracking this cluster of malicious activities under the moniker Threat Activity Group 38 aka TAG-38. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group researchers uncovered a campaign conducted by a China-linked threat actor targeting Indian power grid organizations. ” reads the advisory published by Recorded Future.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2020

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared its latest findings related to state-backed attacks and revealed that it has identified more than a dozen state-sponsored groups using COVID-19 lures. The post State-sponsored hackers are using COVID-19 lures, Google warns appeared first on Security Affairs. ” continues Google.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 20, 2018

The most unexpected outcome of those discussions was a real flat-earther chiming into the Twitter discussion after someone made the innocent mistake of using the #FlatEarth hash tag to describe people decrying HTTPS. Terbium Labs are sponsoring my blog this week, big thanks to those guys!

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This past weekend SiteLock attended WordCamp Seattle as a Gold sponsor. Our experience as a sponsor was excellent! She covered beginning, intermediate and advanced technical topics such as proper titles, headings, keywords, and image meta tags. Want to keep the conversation going? Follow us on Twitter or Like us on Facebook !

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 13, 2021

And what’s interesting about the training is that only those kids who top their class in Math and Science are eligible to become a state sponsored hacking trainee and are whisked off to remote hacking schools where they are trained in accessing different tools and technology that are going to be launched against adversaries in near future.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

SiteLock was a Gold sponsor of this tenth-anniversary event and I had the pleasure of speaking twice. The weekend started with Jamie, our WordPress Evangelist, and I meeting at the airport on Thursday in preparation to work our sponsor table together for the first time since Jamie joined our team. Sponsor Experience.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 6, 2020

In this episode of the podcast (#187), sponsored by Virsec, we talk with journalist and author Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing.net about the recent GE Filtergate incident and how DRM is invading our homes. Read the whole entry. » In this conversation Corey and I talk about the insidious spread of DRM and digital monopolies.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They’re often state-sponsored entities, foreign governments, or actual businesses. The price tag of the ransom is just one of the many costs of these attacks, and remediation can often exceed this fee many times over. Not surprisingly, cyber criminals don’t always stick to their word. High-stakes threat actors.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft, like Google TAG, observed a cyber espionage campaign aimed at vulnerability researchers that attributed to North Korea-linked Zinc APT group. ” This week, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) also warned of North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 8, 2021

But with the new Firefox Suggest feature, users will also receive suggestions from, according to Mozilla, “other sources of information such as Wikipedia, Pocket articles, reviews, and credible content from sponsored, vetted partners and trusted organizations.”. It is the only product that Mozilla makes that has a price tag.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2020

“While we initially thought that Dark Basin might be state-sponsored, the range of targets soon made it clear that Dark Basin was likely a hack-for-hire operation. The Dark Basin group set up phishing sites that clones legitimate services like Google GMail, Yahoo Mail, and Facebook. ” continues the report. .”Previous

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SecureWorld News

MAY 31, 2023

The SecureWorld Remote Sessions webcast is sponsored by Abnormal Security and moderated by Tom Bechtold, Digital Event Director at SecureWorld. This is the first of a five-part series from Ed Amoroso of TAG Cyber exploring the risks to cloud email environments. Check out the entire series.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2020

Multiple state-sponsored hacking groups are attempting to exploit a vulnerability recently addressed in Microsoft Exchange email servers. Query our API for "tags=CVE-2020-0688" to locate hosts conducting scans. pic.twitter.com/Kp3zOi5AOA — Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) February 25, 2020.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Among the many great questions we received both during the talk’s Q&A and at our sponsor booth, one common theme kept reoccurring from attendees: How does malware detection really work? Message @SiteLock and use the #AskSecPro tag! Back in February, a colleague and I delivered a talk on website security at WordCamp Miami.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog At least 2 critical infrastructure orgs breached by North Korea-linked hackers behind 3CX attack American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

No HTML tags. Sponsors are happy as they get exposure, visitors are happy because there's none of the aforementioned crap and I'm happy because it pays a lot better than ads ever did anyway. Somewhere in the middle is a responsible approach, for example the sponsorship banner you see at the top of this blog. That is all. No tracking.

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Kali Linux

MAY 29, 2023

Your browser does not support the video tag. Those are: UK: mirror.vinehost.net , sponsored by VineHost , thanks to Callum White. Moldova: md.mirrors.hacktegic.com , sponsored by Hacktegic Technologies SRL , thanks to Artiom Mocrenco. Our primary focus is on enhancing the tools listed in the top 100 on the kali.org/tools page.

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