Google's Threat Analysis Group shares a report outlining efforts by over 12 state-sponsored hackers using COVID-19 as cover for espionage
Wired Lily Hay Newman
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Discussion
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@z3rotrust
Ian
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“There's arguably never been a better time to be a government hacker,” & “This is beyond the wildest dreams of the attacker in terms of the scale of remote work,” https://www.wired.com/... via @wired
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@mrisher
Mark Risher
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Hackers are tailoring their attacks to capitalize on coronavirus and working-from-home. @ShaneHuntley and our Threat Analysis Group just published on trends we're tracking https://blog.google/...
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@razhael
Raphael Satter
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Blog post calls out one campaign targeting US government employees with COVID-themed phishing offering free meals & coupons. https://www.blog.google/...
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@ryanaraine
Ryan Naraine
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Google has discovered more than a dozen *government-backed* attacker groups using COVID-19 themes as lure for phishing and malware attacks https://blog.google/...
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@razhael
Raphael Satter
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I guess this brings to three the number of APT groups said to have targeted @WHO in recent weeks: DarkHotel: https://www.reuters.com/... Charming Kitten: https://www.reuters.com/... Packrat: https://www.blog.google/... Spare a thought for their CISO.
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@jenn_elias
@jenn_elias
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“Our security systems have detected fake solicitations for charities and NGOs, to messages that try to mimic employer communications to employees working from home, to websites posing as official government pages and public health agencies.” https://blog.google/...
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@campuscodi
Catalin Cimpanu
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Google TAG published a report today saying they're tracking “over a dozen” of APTs using COVID lures. Confirms an older report/article of mine from March. Six weeks ago it was only 4 APTs. https://www.blog.google/... https://twitter.com/...