Google Blocks Malicious Domains Used by Hack-for-hire Groups

About hack-for-hire

Threat Analyst Group (TAG) of Google last week revealed that it blocked around 36 malicious domains used by Hacking groups in Russia, UAE, and India. 

In a technique similar to surveillance ecosystems, hack-for-hire groups give their clients the leverage to launch targeted cyberattacks on corporate organizations, politicians, activists, journalists, and other users that are at high-risk. 


What is Google saying?

Google in its Blog says “as part of our efforts to combat serious threat actors, we use results of our research to improve the safety and security of our products. Upon discovery, all identified websites and domains were added to Safe Browsing to protect users from further harm.”  
The only difference in the manners of the two is that while users buy the spyware from commercial vendors and later use it themselves, the actors behind hack-for-hire cyberattacks deploy the hacking attempts on the clients’ behalf so that the buyers remain anonymous. 


How does hack-for-hire operate?

The hack-for-hire ecosystem is flexible in two ways, first in how the actors deploy the attacks themselves, and second, in the large range of targets, they seek in a single campaign on their clients’ behalf. 
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