Google sent 1,755 hacking and phishing related warnings to users
- Google Threat Analysis group sent 1,755 warnings in April to users whose accounts were targets of government-backed attackers, following a resurgence in hacking and phishing attempts related to the coronavirus outbreak.
- It has seen new activities from “hack-for-hire” firms, many based in India, that have been creating Gmail accounts for spoofing the World Health Organization (WHO).
- These accounts largely targeted business leaders in financial services, consulting, and healthcare corporations in numerous countries including the United States, Slovenia, Canada, India, Bahrain, Cyprus, and UK, Google said in a blog post.
- WHO and other organisations, who are at the center of a global effort to contain the coronavirus, have come under a sustained digital bombardment by hackers.
- Since March, Google removed more than a thousand YouTube channels that it believes to be part of a large campaign and that were behaving in a coordinated manner.
- Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is tracking more than 270 targeted or government-backed attacker groups from more than 50 countries.
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