The operations are just the latest example of the proliferation of sophisticated spyware among private vendors, Google says.

"Sophisticated" hackers are launching cyberattacks against targets in India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Russia, and Ukraine, DOD and DHS say.

U.S. prosecutors in New York unveiled a 13-count indictment charging suspected cybercriminals of orchestrating a scheme to defraud internet advertisers out of tens of millions of dollars.