Tag: google
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Google sues 25 China-based scammers behind Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ kit
600+ phishing websites and 116 of these use a Google logo First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/google_sues_25_chinabased_scammers/
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Google sues cybercriminal group Smishing Triad
Google sues China-based group using “Lighthouse” phishing kit in large-scale smishing attacks to steal victims’ financial data. Google filed a lawsuit against a cybercriminal group largely based in China that is behind a massive text message phishing operation, or “smishing.” The organization uses a phishing-as-a-service kit named “Lighthouse” to steal sensitive financial information by sending…
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Google sues to dismantle Chinese phishing platform behind US toll scams
Google has filed a lawsuit to dismantle the “Lighthouse” phishing-as-a-service platform used by cybercriminals worldwide to steal credit card information through SMS phishing attacks impersonating the U.S. Postal Service and E-ZPass toll systems. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-sues-to-dismantle-chinese-phishing-platform-behind-us-toll-scams/
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Google sues 25 China-based scammers behind Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ kit
600+ phishing websites and 116 of these use a Google logo First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/google_sues_25_chinabased_scammers/
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Google files lawsuit against Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ text scammers
The suspected Chinese schemers behind it enable those constant fake E-Z Pass and U.S. Postal Service smishing messages. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/google-files-lawsuit-against-lighthouse-phishing-for-dummies-text-scammers/
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NDSS 2025 MALintent: Coverage Guided Intent Fuzzing Framework For Android
Tags: android, api, conference, framework, google, Internet, network, open-source, oracle, privacy, vulnerabilitySESSION Session 2D: Android Security 1 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ammar Askar (Georgia Institute of Technology), Fabian Fleischer (Georgia Institute of Technology), Christopher Kruegel (University of California, Santa Barbara), Giovanni Vigna (University of California, Santa Barbara), Taesoo Kim (Georgia Institute of Technology) PAPER MALintent: Coverage Guided Intent Fuzzing Framework for Android Intents are the primary…
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Google adds Emerging Threats Center to speed detection and response
When a new vulnerability hits the news, security teams often scramble to find out if they are at risk. The process of answering that question can take days or weeks, involving … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/12/google-emerging-threats-center-threatintel/
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Google Sues China-Based Hackers Behind $1 Billion Lighthouse Phishing Platform
Google has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against China-based hackers who are behind a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Lighthouse that has ensnared over 1 million users across 120 countries.The PhaaS kit is used to conduct large-scale SMS phishing attacks that exploit trusted…
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North Korean APT Uses Remote Wipe to Target Android Users
North Korean hackers are exploiting Google’s Find Hub to wipe Android devices. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/north-korean-apt-uses-remote-wipe-to-target-android-users/
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Google files lawsuit to disrupt massive ‘Lighthouse’ smishing scheme
According to the tech giant, the accused criminals developed the “Lighthouse” phishing kit, which provides custom tools to scammers to deploy “smishing”, or SMS phishing, attacks and to build fraudulent websites designed to steal victims’ credit card information. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/google-files-lawsuit-to-disrupt-lighthouse-scam
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Google files lawsuit to disrupt massive ‘Lighthouse’ smishing scheme
According to the tech giant, the accused criminals developed the “Lighthouse” phishing kit, which provides custom tools to scammers to deploy “smishing”, or SMS phishing, attacks and to build fraudulent websites designed to steal victims’ credit card information. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/google-files-lawsuit-to-disrupt-lighthouse-scam
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North Korean APT Uses Remote Wipe to Target Android Users
North Korean hackers are exploiting Google’s Find Hub to wipe Android devices. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/north-korean-apt-uses-remote-wipe-to-target-android-users/
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Google Sues China-Based Hackers Behind $1 Billion Lighthouse Phishing Platform
Google has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against China-based hackers who are behind a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Lighthouse that has ensnared over 1 million users across 120 countries.The PhaaS kit is used to conduct large-scale SMS phishing attacks that exploit trusted…
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North Korean APT Uses Remote Wipe to Target Android Users
North Korean hackers are exploiting Google’s Find Hub to wipe Android devices. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/north-korean-apt-uses-remote-wipe-to-target-android-users/
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North Korean spies turn Google’s Find Hub into remote-wipe weapon
KONNI espionage crew covertly abused Google’s Find My Device feature to remotely factory-reset Android phones First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/11/north_korean_spies_turn_googles/
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Kimsuky APT Takes Over South Korean Androids, Abuses KakaoTalk
Konni, a subset of the state-sponsored DPRK cyberespionage group, first exploits Google Find Hub, which ironically aims to protect lost Android devices, to remotely wipe devices. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/kimsuky-apt-south-korean-androids-abuses-kakaotalk
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Android Devices Targeted By KONNI APT in Find Hub Exploitation
A new cyber-attack has been observed exploiting Google Find Hub to remotely wipe Android devices, linked to North Korean APTs First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/android-devices-targeted-konni-apt/
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North Korea-linked Konni APT used Google Find Hub to erase data and spy on defectors
North Korea-linked APT Konni posed as counselors to steal data and wipe Android phones via Google Find Hub in Sept 2025. Genians Security Center researchers warn that the North Korea-linked Konni APT group (aka Kimsuky, Earth Imp, TA406, Thallium, Vedalia, and Velvet Chollima) posed as counselors to hack Android and Windows, stealing data and wiping phones…
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Hackers Exploit Critical Flaw in Gladinet’s Triofox File Sharing Product
Threat actors were exploiting vulnerable versions of Triofox after a patched version was released, said Google Cloud researchers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-exploit-critical-flaw/
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Hackers Exploit Critical Flaw in Gladinet’s Triofox File Sharing Product
Threat actors were exploiting vulnerable versions of Triofox after a patched version was released, said Google Cloud researchers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-exploit-critical-flaw/
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Google’s Latest Security Push Marks the Slow Death of Passwords
The tech titan is steering Gmail users away from passwords. It’s promoting passkeys and stronger authentication as phishing grows more convincing. The post Google’s Latest Security Push Marks the Slow Death of Passwords appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-gmail-passwordless/
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Google’s Latest Security Push Marks the Slow Death of Passwords
The tech titan is steering Gmail users away from passwords. It’s promoting passkeys and stronger authentication as phishing grows more convincing. The post Google’s Latest Security Push Marks the Slow Death of Passwords appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-gmail-passwordless/
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Google’s Latest Security Push Marks the Slow Death of Passwords
The tech titan is steering Gmail users away from passwords. It’s promoting passkeys and stronger authentication as phishing grows more convincing. The post Google’s Latest Security Push Marks the Slow Death of Passwords appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-gmail-passwordless/
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Critical Triofox bug exploited to run malicious payloads via AV configuration
Hackers exploited Triofox flaw CVE-2025-12480 to bypass auth and install remote access tools via the platform’s antivirus feature. Google’s Mandiant researchers spotted threat actors exploiting a now-patched Triofox flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-12480 (CVSS score of 9.1) that allows them to bypass authentication to upload and run remote access tools via the platform’s antivirus feature. Mandiant…
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How GlassWorm wormed its way back into developers’ code, and what it says about open source security
Tags: access, ai, attack, blockchain, ciso, control, credentials, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, framework, github, google, infrastructure, law, malicious, malware, marketplace, monitoring, open-source, resilience, service, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, wormadhamu.history-in-sublime-merge (downloaded 4,000 times)ai-driven-dev.ai-driven-dev (downloaded 3,300 times)yasuyuky.transient-emacs (downloaded 2,400 times)All three GlassWorm extensions are “still literally invisible” in code editors, the researchers note. They are encoded in unprintable Unicode characters that look like blank space to the human eye, but execute as JavaScript.The attackers have posted new transactions to the Solana blockchain that outline updated…
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North Korea’s KONNI APT Hijacks Google Find Hub to Remotely Wipe and Track South Korean Android Devices
The post North Korea’s KONNI APT Hijacks Google Find Hub to Remotely Wipe and Track South Korean Android Devices appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/north-koreas-konni-apt-hijacks-google-find-hub-to-remotely-wipe-and-track-south-korean-android-devices/