Hackers hacked google

We've received your submission. Google has taken action against a major hacking operation that it thinks has infected more than 1 million devices. The tech giant is coming down hard on the so-called Glupteba botnet, suing two Russians who are allegedly behind it. Google said it has disrupted the operation by terminating about 63 million Google Docs detected sharing Glupteba, more than 1, Google Accounts and even Google Ads.

But it warned the criminal masterminds running things have already taken steps to keep the network running. It is assumed to be a given, therefore, that the hackers taking part will not disclose their exploits and the vulnerabilities used until the vendors have had adequate time to issue a fix.

But what if someone is dancing to a different beat? Following the Tianfu Cup, Apple blogged that an attack had impacted iOS over a period of a couple of months. An MIT Technology Review article suggested this was "the period beginning immediately after," the Tianfu Cup event, "and stretching until Apple issued the fix.

Suppose there are strict guidelines for such events that vulnerabilities must not be disclosed until after successful mitigation by the vendor. In that case, they are a good thing, according to Balaam. However, she warns that it also means "the Chinese government could stockpile a significant number of zero-days against widely used products in other regions and have access to the knowledge required to exploit these products before they're successfully patched. Jake Williams, the co-founder of BreachQuest, doesn't think it's clear that events such as these increase the risk that Chinese state threat actors exploit vulnerabilities before disclosure.

Williams concludes that "we shouldn't be concerned about the Tianfu Cup any more than any other vulnerability competition," instead, he says, "we should refocus that concern on the fact that vendor disclosure programs encourage competitions like the Tianfu Cup. I reached out to all the vendors whose products fell to exploits during the Tianfu Cup weekend, requesting a statement regarding patching timelines for the vulnerabilities concerned.

Unfortunately, the response has, if I'm honest, been very disappointing indeed. A Microsoft spokesperson told me that "all vulnerabilities reported as part of the contest are disclosed responsibly and confidentially.

Solutions to verified security issues that meet our criteria for immediate servicing are normally released via our monthly Update Tuesday cadence. Google didn't provide a statement but did confirm for background purposes that it will roll out any patches required once issues are investigated thoroughly.

However, according to Google's security blog it would appear that the two vulnerabilities exploited during the Tianfu Cup have been fixed in Chrome If you use a very simple password, it's likely someone else does too — and they may have been hacked themselves. Hackers buy huge lists of these compromised passwords from lots of different sites because people often re-use them.

So hackers are much more likely to gain access to an account by forcing a long list of "known" hacked passwords than trying random letters or numbers. The free Password Checkup software can be loaded onto Google Chrome and lets you know if your account details have been compromised in a cyber attack or data breach. Once installed, the Chrome extension runs in the background of your browser and checks any login details you used.

If your password or username matches a Google database of more than 4billion compromised credentials, the software will flag them. An alert that pops up on your screen reads: "Password Checkup detected that your password for [website] is no longer safe due to a data breach. You should change your password now. If a new data breach occurs, the tool will let you if any of your passwords were compromised the next time you login to Chrome.