APT41 Hackers Using ‘Google C2’ Red Team Tool in Cyber Attacks

A Chinese group known as HOODOO attacked a Taiwan media organisation using Google’s Command and Control (GC2). Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) identified and disrupted the cyber attack. Weak passwords have been identified as a significant security issue, causing half of all breaches in Q4 2022. Google also found 14 customer websites communicating with malware in February 2023, hosted on their cloud platform.