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Even Google Calendar isn't safe from hackers any more (www.techradar.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Salamendacious@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[โ€“] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 2 years 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.

[โ€“] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.