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Google sent over 50,000 warnings of state-sponsored attacks, +33% from same period in 2020

Security Affairs

The data were provided by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which tracks government-backed hacking campaign, which warns of a significant increase in the number of the alert compared to the previous year. ” wrote Ajax Bash, a Google security engineer from the TAG.

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Google warns of APT28 attack attempts against 14,000 Gmail users

Security Affairs

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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Dark Basin, a hack-for-hire group that remained under the radar for 7 years

Security Affairs

Researchers from Citizen Lab uncovered the operations of a hack-for-hire group tracked as Dark Basin that targeted thousands of journalists, elected and senior government officials, advocacy groups, and hedge funds worldwide over 7 years. ” reads the report published by Citizen Lab.

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Predictions From Last Year: How I Did (2012 Edition)

John Battelle's Searchblog

Twitter is now seen as an essential partner for every major media company in the world – the hash tag is now a television and movie marketing essential. (Oh, In turn: - Obama will win the 2012 election, thanks in part to the tech community rallying behind him due to issues like SOPA, visas, and free speech.

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Russia-linked APT29 group exploited WinRAR 0day in attacks against embassies

Security Affairs

APT29 along with APT28 cyber espionage group was involved in the Democratic National Committee hack and the wave of attacks aimed at the 2016 US Presidential Elections. Google TAG experts also observed the Russia-linked ATP28 group exploiting the flaw in attacks against Ukraine users.

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APT28 and Upcoming Elections: evidence of possible interference

Security Affairs

In mid-March , a suspicious Office document referencing the Ukraine elections appeared in the wild, is it related to APT28 and upcoming elections? In mid-March, a suspicious Office document referencing the Ukraine elections appeared in the wild. Figure 4: Payload stored in “Company” tag of document metadata. Introduction.

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What Are My Photos Revealing About Me? You may be accidentally sharing personal information in your photos (an important Guest Post)

Architect Security

If you post a photo to Facebook, its own enormous custom facial recognition database can identify other Facebook users, and in some cases it will prompt you to tag them. If you have uploaded any non–GPS tagged images to Google Photos, you may have noticed that they may still show location information. But on Oct.