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Google Threat Intelligence Group

The four most frequently exploited vulnerabilities were all contained in edge devices, such as VPNs, firewalls and routers. (Getty Images)

Attackers hit security device defects hard in 2024

Mandiant said exploits were the most common initial access vector last year, linking software defects to 1 in 3 attacks. The most commonly exploited vulnerabilities affected network…
The Chinese national flag flies outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on July 26, 2023. (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
The Chinese national flag flies outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on July 26, 2023. (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

China-backed espionage group hits Ivanti customers again

UNC5221 has a knack for exploiting defects in Ivanti products. The group has exploited at least four vulnerabilities in the vendor’s products since 2023, according to Mandiant.
Russian soldiers stand on Red Square in central Moscow on September 29, 2022, as the square is sealed prior to a ceremony of the incorporation of the new territories into Russia. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia-aligned threat groups dupe Ukrainian targets via Signal

Google researchers say multiple Russian state threat groups have conducted remote phishing operations to target and compromise Signal accounts.
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