Google warns that cryptocurrency miners are targeting these cloud accounts

Google’s cybersecurity team claims that cryptocurrency mining abuse is making Google Cloud accounts more vulnerable to hacking. This information was shared in a new report titled ‘Threat Horizons’ GoogleThis Month’s Cyber ​​Security Action Team. Google Cloud users are also vulnerable to phishing attempts by a Russian group that also targeted Yahoo Mail users, the report said. Other threats come from North Korean hackers impersonating job recruiters and promising jobs at Samsung. There is also black matter ransomware affecting the system, but the company notes that it “doesn’t take out the data.”

Google says the new report is based on threat intelligence from TAG (Threat Analysis Group) and other internal teams. The report highlights “it” [threat analysis] Provides actionable intelligence that enables organizations to ensure that their cloud environments are best protected against ever-evolving threats. In this and future threat intelligence reports, Google will provide threat horizon scanning, trend tracking, and early warning announcements about emerging threats requiring immediate action.”

speaking on compromise google cloud accounts, 86% of examples involve cryptocurrency mining. Additionally, 10 percent of the compromised cloud instances were used to scan other publicly available resources on the Internet to identify vulnerable systems, and 8 percent of the instances were used to attack other targets. it was done. Google notes that while data theft does not appear to be the immediate objective of these agreements, vulnerable accounts are prone to several forms of abuse.

The report lists some of the most common practices for mitigating online threats. Starting with the simplest solution, Google Cloud customers should employ two-factor authentication and not use common passwords across all platforms. For organizations, the report said customers can enroll in the Advanced Security program and use Google’s Work Safer which gives companies access to additional security tools for email, meetings, messages, documents, and more .

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