Google said it has blocked dozens of domain names used by hacker rental services through its Safe Browsing service and announced the ecology of hacker rental services. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) not only has long tracked more than 30 commercial hacking companies around the world but also closely monitors the growing number of hack-for-hire services.
The former mainly sell hacking tools or capabilities to customers, and the customers operate by themselves, while the latter is a direct valet attack, no matter which one is, it provides services for customers who originally lacked the ability to attack.
TAG found that some hacker rental services solicit customers in major underground forums, while others are relatively low-key and only provide specific customer service. For example, some hacker rental services in India only cooperate with certain private investigation services.
TAG mainly announced hacker rental services in India, Russia and the United Arab Emirates. For example, it was found in India that some hackers engaged in hacker rental services had worked in well-known local information security companies, and the hacker rental services found in Russia were also to steal emails or social media. Credentials for the website.
Since most of these hacker rental services use phishing to obtain the credentials of the target, they have also established many phishing websites that counterfeit legitimate domain names. Google has listed these dozens of domain names in Safe Browsing to help browser users avoid these malicious websites.
Safe Browsing is a malicious website database established by Google. Many browsers, including Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Vivaldi and Brave, have adopted this database to ensure the safety of users.
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