Hackers have reportedly found a way to use the Google Calendar as command & control (C2) infrastructure which could create quite a few headaches in the cybersecurity community.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I mean security through obscurity is a real thing. It’s not real security, but the risk of attack is still lower than it would be otherwise. It’s the primary reason Macs had so little malware at the time and Apple’s marketing leveraged that for billions in advertising. Generally malware creators target the maximum number of devices, and MacOS and ChromeOS are small pickles compared to Windows. Even now, you’re looking at Windows being about 70% of the market, OSX being around 20% and Chrome OS sitting at a whopping 4%. Most malware is based around striking as many victims as possible quickly before it is discovered and the exploits patched. doesn’t matter.

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          1 year ago

          Well, a significant portion of windows users aren’t running the latest version. Heck, you can hardly get people to install a security update on windows.

          ChromeOS doesn’t really need a virus anyway because the whole OS is leaking your info back to Google anyhow.