A Measure Of Motive: How Attackers Weaponize Digital Analytics Tools
Google News, Thursday, August 29th, 2024
Digital analytics tools are vital components of the vast domain that is modern cyberspace.
From system administrators managing traffic load balancers to marketers and advertisers working to deliver relevant content to their brand's biggest fan base, tools like link shorteners, location trackers, CAPTCHAs, and digital advertising platforms each play their part in making information universally accessible and useful to all.
However, just as these tools can be used for good, they can also be used for malicious purposes. Mandiant and Google Cloud researchers have witnessed threat actors cleverly repurposing digital analytics and advertising tools to evade detection and amplify the effectiveness of their malicious campaigns.