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macOS Zero-Day exploited in watering hole attacks on users in Hong Kong

Security Affairs

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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Ex-members of the Conti ransomware gang target Ukraine

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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. ” continues the report.

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Sophisticated attackers used DazzleSpy macOS backdoor in watering hole attacks

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Experts found an undocumented macOS backdoor, dubbed DazzleSpy, that was employed in watering hole attacks aimed at politically active individuals in Hong Kong. Researchers from ESET have spotted an undocumented macOS backdoor, dubbed DazzleSpy, that was employed in watering hole attacks aimed at politically active individuals in Hong Kong.

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Google Threat Analysis Group took down ten influence operations in Q2 2020

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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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Google warned 12K+ users targeted by state-sponsored hackers

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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. ” reads the report published by Google TAG.”We SecurityAffairs – Google TAG, state-sponsored hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Massive iPhone Hack Targets Uyghurs

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Earlier this year Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered a small collection of hacked websites. TAG was able to collect five separate, complete and unique iPhone exploit chains, covering almost every version from iOS 10 through to the latest version of iOS 12. And the politics will overshadow the tech.

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Scottish Political Archive Launch New Crowdsourcing Campaign

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The Scottish Political Archive are looking for volunteers to help with a new crowdsourcing project to fully transcribe and index their 2014 Independence Referendum Collection. Dr Elisa Broccoli said “We developed a first crowdsourcing application to transcribe leaflets from the Scottish Political Archive.