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You're not wrong, google, but...

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Fake malware hosted directly on GOOGLEs servers - no problem.

The Call is Coming from Inside the House: When Alphabet Becomes the Malware CDN

Let’s take a moment to marvel at the sheer, unparalleled cybersecurity juggernaut that is Alphabet.

Here is a company with effectively infinite resources. They own Google Safe Browsing, the very shield that protects billions of users from the dark corners of the web. They own VirusTotal, the world’s premier malware scanning and threat intelligence database. They even dropped $5.4 billion to acquire Mandiant, basically buying the Avengers of incident response. Add in planetary-scale telemetry, and you’d think their own backyard would be the safest place on the internet, right?

Wrong.

Instead, threat actors are comfortably kicking back and using Google Cloud Storage as their personal, high-speed, highly reliable Content Delivery Network for malware.

Case in point: A wildly obvious Gate.io phishing clone. The cybercriminals didn't even have to work hard to find bulletproof hosting. They just spun up a bucket on Google's infrastructure and hosted their malicious payload directly at https://storage.googleapis[.]com/aicoin/Gate-x64.zip.

Let that sink in. The company that scans your Gmail for suspicious attachments, flags dodgy domains in Chrome, and literally owns the platform where the entire infosec industry uploads malware samples to be analyzed... is actively hosting the malware. It’s sitting right there on their own premises.

The payload itself isn't even trying to hide. Run it through a sandbox, and it lights up like a Christmas tree: persistence mechanisms, dropped DLLs, location checks—the whole nine yards of a classic crypto-stealing or remote access trojan setup.

It is profoundly unacceptable that a tech empire with billions of dollars and the world’s most advanced threat-hunting capabilities can't seem to police its own basic storage buckets. We are constantly lectured by big tech about "zero trust" and "advanced persistent threats," yet they can't even stop a generic phishing campaign from using their own domains to bypass security filters. (Because hey, who blocks googleapis.com, right?)

So, a slow clap for Google, Mandiant, and the whole Alphabet security apparatus. It’s truly incredible to own the world's most sophisticated burglar alarms while simultaneously leaving the front door wide open and offering the burglars a free storage unit in the garage.

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Best Security Plugins for WordPress

Best Security Plugins for WordPress

It is very easy to find the security, hack or weakness of your WordPress website. If you suspect that your website is being hacked, then you should launch WordPress security scan. In this article, we will tell you about the best WordPress security scanners. With the help of which you can quickly check the security of your WordPress website. What WordPress Security Plugins Can Do? It must have…

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#Google Advanced Protection Program Expands -- #Xanjero Google's Advanced Protection Program will soon Chrome browser users send suspicious files to be scanned by the Safe Browsing suite...

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How to Do a Safe Search on Google

How to Do a Safe Search on Google

Most People Have to Find Something or if They Want to Get Information About Something, Then we do a Google Search. Whether at Home or Office or Traveling, we do Google Search Easily in Our Smartphone, Laptop, Tab. Provided that These Devices Have Internet Access. GoogleSearch is Our Support. In such a Situation, Google Search has Become a Part of Our Everyday Life Nowadays. Many Times, Some Such…

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Firefox Focus Now Supports Google Safe Browsing Tech on Android

Firefox Focus Now Supports Google Safe Browsing Tech on Android

Android Firefox Focus Google Safe Browsing support is now live and available, further making the mobile web portal more secure…

Firefox Focus is a privacy-centric browser. It keeps users’ data safe, blocks internet activity trackers for social, analytics, an advertising. Also, the portal immediately wipes users’ search histories clean upon closing out the app. Now, it’s equipped with the Google…

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Will Google Safe Browsing Improve With 30-Day Time-Out For Repeat Offenders?

Will Google Safe Browsing Improve With 30-Day Time-Out For Repeat Offenders?

Google has always been so strict when it comes to the obedience of its policies and safety of users. Maybe that’s the reason why people trust Google without any doubt. People can give their information to Google services and can experience safe browsing with comfort because they have trust on the security of Google services. However, with the increased number of Google users, there are also a lot…

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Google goes tough on malicious websites; introduces stiffer sanction against repeated offenders

Google goes tough on malicious websites; introduces stiffer sanction against repeated offenders

Credit: https://googleblog.blogspot.com.ng/2015/03/protecting-people-across-web-with.html

Google has stepped up the game, and has vowed to apply stiffer sanctions on malicious websites. The search engine giant most would rather address as the “Internet Police” has just introduced a new feature in its Safe Browsing anti-malware system called. Called ‘Repeat Offenders,’ the new feature is reserved…

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