Comment; hackers are getting smarter and smarter by using Google developers and public DNS to disguise traffic between the malware and command-and-control servers
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By Antone Gonsalves | CSO Posted on 8/14/2014
A group of innovative hackers used free services from Google and an Internet infrastructure company to disguise data stolen from corporate and government computers, a security firm reported.
FireEye discovered the campaign, dubbed Poisoned Hurricane, in March while analyzing traffic originating from systems infected with a remote access tool (RAT) the firm called Kaba, a variant of the better known PlugX.
InfoWorld/ full read here/ http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/how-hackers-used-google-steal-corporate-data-247941
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