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Shane Huntley
@ShaneHuntley
Security / tech guy. Google Threat Intelligence Group but tweets are my own.
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    Shane Huntley
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    Jun 24, 2020
    Waiting outside a lunch place in silicon valley today I overhear a middle aged woman calming explaining QANON to her friend and how it's all part of some grand plan by Trump to rebuild the US government. Jarring to run across this in the real world here.
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    Shane Huntley
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    Jan 26, 2021
    New blog post from TAG with details of a North Korean campaign targeting security researchers working on vulnerability research and development. blog.google/threat-analysi… Stay safe out there everyone!
    New campaign targeting security researchers
    From blog.google
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    Shane Huntley
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    Jun 4, 2021
    I'd love to hear @BradSmi explanation on this. I know Microsoft censor for the CCP in China, but this search is from the US.
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    Shane Huntley
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    Jan 22, 2021
    I am always a little offended when scammers target *me* on Google. Talk about poor target selection...
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    Shane Huntley
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    Sep 16, 2022
    APT - Advanced Persistent Teenager
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    Shane Huntley
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    Jul 22, 2018
    2FA is super important but please, please stop telling people that by itself it will protect people from being phished by the Russians or governments. If attacker can trick users for a password, they can trick them for a 6 digit code.
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    Shane Huntley
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    Aug 22, 2019
    We disabled 210 channels on YouTube when we discovered channels in this network behaved in a coordinated manner while uploading videos related to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
    Maintaining the integrity of our platforms
    From blog.google
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    Shane Huntley
    @ShaneHuntley
    Mar 8, 2022
    Update on recent batch of Google TAG Government Backed Attack Warnings: In February, we detected an APT31 phishing campaign targeting high profile Gmail users affiliated with the U.S. government. 100% of these emails were automatically classified as spam and blocked by Gmail.
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    Shane Huntley
    @ShaneHuntley
    Jun 4, 2020
    Recently TAG saw China APT group targeting Biden campaign staff & Iran APT targeting Trump campaign staff with phishing. No sign of compromise. We sent users our govt attack warning and we referred to fed law enforcement.
    security.googleblog.com
    A reminder about government-backed phishing
    Posted by Shane Huntley, Threat Analysis Group TLDR: Government-backed phishing has been in the news lately. If you receive a warning in G...
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    Shane Huntley
    @ShaneHuntley
    Dec 30, 2020
    Did we miss a warning about 2020 in the Unicode spec? U+2020 is DAGGER † If so let's see what's up next... U+2021 DOUBLE DAGGER ‡ U+2022 BULLET • 😨😨😨😨
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    Shane Huntley
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    Jul 18, 2021
    Replying to @KimZetter
    Military grade-spyware is capable of operating at -55°C to +125°C unlike mere commercial-grade spyware which starts to fail at 70°C.
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    Shane Huntley
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    Feb 16, 2023
    "Fog of War: How the Ukraine conflict Transformed the Cyber Threat Landscape" TAG's biggest ever report. Along with @Mandiant and others from @Google we outline insights into changes in the cyber threat landscape triggered by the war. blog.google/threat-analysi… 1/7
    Fog of war: how the Ukraine conflict transformed the cyber threat landscape
    From blog.google
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    Shane Huntley
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    Nov 26, 2019
    Blog post about the work Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) does. Targeted phishing stats, Sandworm campaign details and disinfo campaign takedowns. We plan to do more of these. blog.google/technology/saf… @t_gidwani @billyleonard
    Protecting users from government-backed hacking and disinformation
    From blog.google
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    Shane Huntley
    @ShaneHuntley
    Mar 7, 2022
    New TAG blog outlining what we are seeing with cyberattacks in Ukraine. Details of activity from APT28, GhostWriter, Mustang Panda and DDoS activity. Thanks everyone in TAG, Google and the wider security community working to counter these threats.
    An update on the threat landscape
    From blog.google