Google has added dozens of new domains to its blacklist, effectively closing the door to many hack-for-hire groups around the world.
New Blog post (Opens in a new tab) Published on the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) page, department director Shane Huntley says he has been monitoring a large number of hacking groups since 2012. And today, 37 new domains and websites have been added to Safe Browsing. feature.
These domains including myproject-login etc[.]Shop, Email-Google[.]com or rnanage-icloud[.]com is divided into three different categories: UAE, India and Russia.
Raise awareness
Google recommends that all users, especially prominent individuals who are considered at high risk, enable a high degree of protection and enhanced secure browsing at the Google account level and check all endpoints. To do (Opens in a new tab) It’s the latest.
The company’s cybercrime investigation group, Huntley, further explains and shares relevant details and indicators with law enforcement agencies.
“TAG is committed to sharing findings as a way to raise awareness with the security community and potential businesses and individuals,” Huntley said in a blog post. “We hope that a better understanding of tactics and techniques will enhance our threat hunting capabilities and lead to stronger user protection across the industry.”
Google has discovered that the Hacking for Hire Group is deploying a variety of tactics in its operations. Social engineering and phishing continue to be the most popular means of gaining access and deploying stage 2 malware. (Opens in a new tab).. Depending on the location, it targets a variety of groups and businesses, from government agencies to journalists, NGOs, healthcare and telecommunications organizations.
In some cases, Google has confirmed that Indian hacking for hire companies act as intermediaries to provide data in collaboration with third-party private research services. Otherwise, hire a freelancer that the target company itself does not directly hire.
A complete list of group domains that Google considers malicious is here (Opens in a new tab)..
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