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Even Google Calendar isn't safe from hackers any more (www.techradar.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Salamendacious to c/technology
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Hackers have reportedly found a way to use the Google Calendar as command & control (C2) infrastructure which could create quite a few headaches in the cybersecurity community.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm actually surprised that this wasn't seen before. It's a domain that can't be blocked in lots of companies, and frequent requests to it won't raise any flags in any company that uses Google Workspace.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yep, this. A couple years ago, Google Drive sharing was used in a loosely similar way to deliver malware, and Google had to build some new controls. I'm surprised it took the baddies this long to exploit GCal.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Or they have been doing it quietly all along