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The Russian state-sponsored hacking collective known as APT29 has been attributed to a new phishing campaign that takes advantage of legitimate cloud services like Google Drive and Dropbox to deliver malicious payloads on compromised systems. “These campaigns are believed to have targeted several Western diplomatic missions between May and June 2022,” Palo Alto Networks Unit […]
Researchers have disclosed details of a newly discovered macOS variant of a malware implant developed by a Chinese espionage threat actor known to strike attack organizations across Asia. Attributing the attacks to a group tracked as Storm Cloud, cybersecurity firm Volexity characterized the new malware, dubbed Gimmick, as a “feature-rich, multi-platform malware family that uses […]
Cybercriminals have started employing a new phishing attack that abuses the popularity of Google Drive and Docs to bypass security filters. In a report published by the IT security researchers at Avanan, it has been revealed that threat actors are using a Google Docs exploit in a new phishing campaign. The researchers explained how an […]
It might seem like an obvious thing; however, not every Mac user owns an iPhone. Therefore, not every macOS user enjoys the seamless continuity between Apple devices such as easy sharing of files and media via AirDrop, cross-device connectivity for messages, calls, and much more. But missing out on the various first-party features would have […]
Google is making things easier for users who prefer saving their documents locally, and not necessarily on the cloud, by adding an offline storage feature to Google Drive. Until now, Documents, Slides and Spreadsheets have offered an offline mode as a workaround, but soon you will be able to access PDFs, images, Microsoft Office and […]
DarkHydrus is back in action with a new variant of RogueRobin malware to target Middle Eastern Politicians by abusing Google Drive. The primary focus of cybercriminals nowadays is to use the infrastructure of genuine services in their attacks in order to prevent detection from security tools. The same strategy has been adopted by DarkHydrus group […]
Every day we hear news of more malware endangering the information security of users. Therefore, the main companies, such as Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive, offer an advanced malware protection system to be able to use these services safely. However, it seems that this protection against malware is not as effective as it should be. […]
Google Drive is a massive cloud storage service that offers 15 GB of free space across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. It also includes Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, where you can edit spreadsheets, forms, presentations, documents, etc. and save them in the cloud. Google also has apps for these services across all major platforms. […]
Today, we at HackRead have discovered a sophisticated malware scam that tricks users into downloading fake Google Chrome browser installer but in reality, the file is infected with malware that installs Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP’s) on Windows devices and connects to certain servers to receive commands from the remote attacker. Hackers using Google Adwords for this scam […]
Backing up their data is an important task for regular users, be it the computer or smartphone. But an important question in this regard is how you backup your data? Locally or on a cloud drive. And how often you do it? In the past, I have told you about backing up your hard drive […]
Short Bytes: Among the crowd of various cloud-based storage solutions, Google Drive is a favored name. Other than different options to manage your files efficiently, Google Drive increases its capability by offering hundreds of apps integrations to the users. It only takes a couple of minutes to find and connect apps to your Google Drive. […]
Short Bytes: Google products represent an individual brand in themselves. Over the years, Google products like Google Drive, Google Maps, YouTube, Google’s productivity suite have inevitably made us so dependent on Google services that life seems unreal without most of these. No wonder why Google is leading the domain of the tech giants because of […]
Short Bytes: To keep your WhatsApp data safe and encrypted, WhatsApp has partnered with Google Drive. Take a look to know how to enable this lifesaver feature. Losing all the precious WhatsApp pictures and videos is something that a good friend of mine faced recently. There are some simple ways to recover data from your external SD-card, […]
Short Bytes: Researchers have found a new way to hack into your cloud syncing accounts without any username or password by deploying a new “man in the cloud attack”. These attacks use “password tokens” and are harder to detect and control. You must have read about the man-in-the-middle attacks that steal your data transiting between […]
Last month I felt the need to convert some image to editable text, so I searched the web and came across few converters/software. But, none of them were free and they asked for a good amount of money. This conversion is performed using Optical Character Recognition Software (OCR). Today in the morning, I was doing […]
Why is Google giving you free Drive space? On the occasion of Safer Internet Day, Google is giving away a bit of extra Google Drive space to you if you are willing to complete a quick security checkup. The tech giant is providing this opportunity to grab a 2GB of permanent space to motivate you to […]