Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Google TAG reported that both Russia and China-linked threat actors are weaponizing the a high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that in recent weeks multiple nation-state actors were spotted exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2023-38831 in WinRAR. ” reported Google TAG.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I've used them to fix mixed content warnings on this blog after Disqus made a little mistake , you'll see one adorning Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) and I even wrote a dedicated Pluralsight course on browser security headers. For example, this blog runs on Ghost Pro which is a managed SaaS platform.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

China-linked Curious Gorge APT is targeting Russian government agencies, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that an APT group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF), tracked as Curious Gorge , is targeting Russian government agencies.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

Google’s TAG team revealed that China-linked APT groups are targeting Ukraine’s government for intelligence purposes. Below is the tweet published by TAG chief, Shane Huntley, who cited the Google TAG Security Engineer Billy Leonard. We will continue to update our recent blog as necessary. ” wrote Leonard.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2022

The vulnerability resides in the Merge Tag feature of the plugin. “One feature of Ninja Forms is the ability to add “Merge Tags” to forms that will auto-populate values from other areas of WordPress like Post IDs and logged in user’s names. ” reads the advisory published by Wordfence. To nominate, please visit:?.

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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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The Hacker News

JANUARY 26, 2023

Most DRAGONBRIDGE activity is low quality content without a political message, populated across many channels and blogs," the company's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said in a report shared with The Hacker News. However, a

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 14, 2022

An unofficial patch was released for a privilege escalation vulnerability that has an impact on all versions of Windows after Microsoft tagged its status as “won’t fix”. The post Free Unofficial Patch for Windows ‘RemotePotato0’ Now Available appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 24, 2022

Every campaign that TAG was made aware of began with […]. The post Users in Italy and Kazakhstan Targeted by Spyware Provider appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. What Happened?

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NetSpi Technical

MARCH 11, 2024

This blog will cover how we discovered CVE-2024-21378 and weaponized it by modifying Ruler , an Outlook penetration testing tool published by SensePost. In late 2015, Nick Landers, Co-Founder of Dreadnode, published a blog on the abuse of Outlook Rules for RCE. What makes that determination?”

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 31, 2022

According to the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG), a great number of threat actors are currently exploiting the event of the Russian invasion in Ukraine to launch phishing and malware cyberattacks against Eastern European and NATO countries. The cyberattacks also target Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

The remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-17530, resides in forced OGNL evaluation when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes. Forced OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, may lead to remote code execution – similar to S2-059.” ” reads the advisory published by Apache.

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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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Malwarebytes

MARCH 22, 2023

Recently, while reading a blog post from security vendor Akamai, we spotted a similar situation. In this blog post, we show how the newly found Kritec skimmer was found along side one of its competitors. that the skimmer was using WebSockets and is the same one as described in Akamai's blog. They also list nebiltech[.]shop

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

So, we ( Tim and Anton , the crew behind the podcast ) wanted to post another reflections blog based on our Cloud Security Podcast by Google being almost 3 (we will be 3 years old on Feb 11, 2024, to be precise), kind of similar to this one. Much better website with content tags Finally, an obvious call to action! Subscribe at Spotify.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 12, 2022

The vulnerability, officially tagged as CVE-2021-44228 and called Log4Shell or LogJam, is an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability that allows total system takeover […]. The post A New PowerShell Backdoor Is Being Used in Log4j Attacks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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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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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The vulnerability, officially tagged as CVE-2021-44228 and called Log4Shell or LogJam, is an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability that allows total system takeover on systems running Log4j 2.0-beta9 The post Monero Miners Injected in Log4j Through RMI appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. beta9 through 2.14.1. What Is Happening?

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE). This decision was based on the evidence presented to the TAG-VE that Omicron has several mutations that may have an […]. On 26 November 2021, WHO designated the variant B.1.1.529

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 2, 2021

Its target was the stealing of COVID-19 vaccine investigations at that time, using malware tagged as “WellMess” or “WellMail” Then, the U.S. The post Russia’s SVR WellMess Malware Is Seemingly Still in the Game appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Presidency accused Russian […].

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The vulnerability, officially tagged as CVE-2021-44228 and called Log4Shell or LogJam, is an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability that allows total system takeover on systems running Log4j 2.0-beta9 The post The Log4j Vulnerability Is Now Used by State-Backed Hackers appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. beta9 through 2.14.1.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

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. China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool GC2 in an attack against a Taiwanese media organization.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 26, 2021

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been working for several months to try to identify who is behind an ongoing campaign targeting security researchers, specifically those who work on vulnerability research and development at a variety of organizations. Google's TAG team discovery: cyberattack motive.

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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 Boulevard

MAY 5, 2021

This year, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered a largescale cyberattack that originated out of North Korea. The cyberattack utilized fake blogs, fake email accounts, and even […]. Social media, including LinkedIn, have become the new preferred method of attack for these criminals.

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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 Boulevard

MARCH 19, 2021

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The ones who initially discovered this campaign that is still developing were the TAG […]. The post Malicious Accounts that Targeted Security Researches Were Suspended by Twitter appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Security experts with Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), who first noticed the operation in late 2019, say that the company had disrupted phishing campaigns ever since. The post Russian Threat Actors Tempt YouTubers with Bogus Paid Collaborations to Hijack their Accounts appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2021

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2021

Google TAG is warning that North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is warning that North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media. ” reads the TAG’s report. ” reads the TAG’s report.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2021

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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. Google TAG researchers reported that the same group, tracked as Zinc ,” also targeted security researchers in past campaigns. eXplorer.

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Google Security

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

to develop Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) technology. MTE is now available on some OEM devices (as noted in a recent blog post by Project Zero) with Android 14 as a developer option, enabling developers to use MTE to discover memory safety issues in their application easily.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

One notorious hacking group from Iran uses particularly dirty schemes to fleece users, according to Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG). According to Google’s TAG blog, APT35 have been active since at least 2017, including attacks on the 2020 U.S. Read Google's official TAG blog to learn more about the technical details.

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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. Experts noticed that the website used in this campaign has a link to a PGP public key which is the same that was found on attackers’ blog in a campaign spotted in January.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2022

SEKOIA researchers started their investigation after the publication of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG)’s report “ Update on cyber activity in Eastern Europe ” which detailed the activity of nation-state actors against Eastern Europe. org jadlactnato.webredirect[.]org. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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