Happy #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth! Today we're sharing updates & news on our security initiatives including a milestone in our #passwordless journey with passkeys , the launch of our content w/ , easier #2SV enrollments and more
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passkeys have entered the building!!Curious to learn more about how we’re collaborating across the industry to enable a passwordless future? Look no further than this article -
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Took the world’s longest flight from JFK to Singapore this week where I’ve had the privilege of learning from colleagues in person and discussing security threat landscape, product partnerships and APAC elections. There’s also been a lot of great food and exploring!
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People deserve safe tech they can rely on. Industry should build products that are secure by default, not more security products. Public/private cooperation will be key to defining and building approaches that scale security across the ecosystem foreignaffairs.com/united-states/
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In 2022, 's TAG disrupted 50,000 instances of activity from IO actor DRAGONBRIDGE. Over the IO network's lifetime, TAG has terminated more than 100,000 DRAGONBRIDGE accounts. Read about TAG's work to track and disrupt DB in their new blog here:
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Excited to share that we're taking applications for the GfS Growth Academy for Cybersecurity:
Kudos to TAG’s who helped contribute to and 's months-long investigation into Cold River, the Russian hacking group behind threats against U.S. nuclear scientists this past summer. Read here:
More solid reporting from and crew, this time exposing recent campaigns from a 🇷🇺 actor that TAG refers to as COLDRIVER. Some 🌶️🌶️ details on an individual involved as well!
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$2 mln grant from for Diia. Digital education project & 50K Google Workspace licenses for 🇺🇦 state agencies. Important support of both human capital & Government. It's always great to meet friends: , , , , .
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Awesome work from , and Zak B. from TAG on IO activity from the most famous 👨🍳 in 🇷🇺
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"We had to invent a lot of things, we tried a lot of things and failed and had to try again, and more importantly we've put everything we learned back into the ecosystem" - 's on Operation Aurora talking w/ risky.biz/RBTALKS4/
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Important work by 's TAG and shining a light on pro-Russian IO today at . Check out some of their findings here:
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My amazing colleague discussed ’s election security efforts w/ during the Cybersecurity Landscape Ahead of The Midterms event, hosted by & , ft. and . Watch here:
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Thank you and the team for your incredible partnership with to protect campaigns from targeted online attacks🔒
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It was a great event! Thanks for hosting. And even greater thanks for all the support @google provides to @DefendCampaigns so we can help make candidates and campaigns more cyber secure.
#CyberSecMonth #BeCyberSmart twitter.com/Kent_Walker/st…
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Glad to see 's & Connie LaRossa represent us at today's #IoT security meeting. The discussion covered IoT Security Labeling, the future of connected device security and steps we’re taking to secure more of our IoT products
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I couldn’t be more excited about my team at Google’s mission for a passwordless future - thanks for covering todays exciting announcement on #passkeys
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Google announces it is bringing a new #passwordless authentication solution to #Chrome and #Android called #Passkeys.
#Google #passwordlessauthentication #FIDOalliance venturebeat.com/security/googl
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Thanks ! Extremely grateful for our partnership with to protect high risk users from targeted attacks. Check out the event we hosted at Google DC on protecting campaigns during US elections on YouTube.
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Great event today by @Google & @DefendCampaigns to raise awareness on campaign security. Check out the recording ft. reps w/ @CISAgov DDC @Microsoft @Cloudflare @Yubico & our very own @LeeCDinDC @googlecloud @gracemaryhoyt : youtube.com/watch?v=QSm8vZ #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
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Congratulations on an amazing sold out panel at to these badass women experts in cybersecurity whom I greatly admire!
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Congrats to @Google's @argvee and her all star co-panelists @runasand @hacks4pancakes & @nicoleperlroth on an incredible cybersecurity panel at @NewYorkerFest this past weekend. Loved hearing their insights on everything from passwords/MFA/ @FIDOAlliance to spyware and Aurora
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Such an amazing event this morning! Great job to on their work defending elections from #CyberAttacks 💜 TY & — all I had to do was show up, grab breakfast and learn ☕️🥯 twitter.com/TechnoTats/sta
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It’s #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth! The teams at and work year-round to equip candidates and campaigns w knowledge and tech to prevent digital attacks. It’s not too late to implement best practices-threats are increasing 7x btw now and Election Day!
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Today we hosted an event at DC with titled “Protecting Democracy and US Campaign Security” I’m so grateful to the expert guests and speakers that turned up to discuss protecting organizations the heart of our democracy - campaigns - from cyberattacks 🔐
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Cybersecurity takes all of us. A huge thanks to the folks from @Cloudflare, @Yubico, @Microsoft, and @DefendCampaigns for sharing different perspectives of the threat landscape and how high-risk users can stay secure.
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Looking forward to a great discussion at summit tomorrow on elections security! 🔐 We’ll cover the evolving threat landscape and learnings from our product and partnerships efforts to protect those at highest risk of attacks insaonline.org/event/2022-int
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We are always concerned about the security of campaign websites. This is an example of how campaign websites could be impacted by an opposing viewpoint. twitter.com/NBCNews/status
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Appreciated the opportunity to sit down today with , , and Jane Harman for a conversation about national security and how tech can help in times of crisis. #AspenSecurity twitter.com/AspenSecurity/
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Google's Threat Analysis Group has found Russian state-sponsored hackers spoofing pro-Ukraine apps. "Cyber Azov" app (shown below) is actually an Android Trojan. blog.google/threat-analysi
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I’m incredibly grateful for our partnership with IFES to protect high risk activists, journalists, campaign teams and others around the world who are defending democracy and facing unprecedented online attacks. IFES thank you for 35 years of incredible work.
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Had an incredible evening at the 35th annual democracy awards, congratulations to this years awardees! Photo from US Ambassador to Ukraine ‘s inspiring speech about Ukrainian resilience when she accepted the award on behalf of ❤️🇺🇦
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These warning banners, which are already available in Gmail and Google Drive, help protect users against malicious actors, keeping data safe. Find out more at ’s coverage by twitter.com/verge/status/1
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Do you work on a campaign or in an organization in the political sphere? Do you have a Gmail or Workspace account? Are you using ’s Advanced Protection? No? You should be. Learn more about APP at DDC’s #KnowledgeBase
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“This is MFA done right,” explains 's Sam Srinivas on today's passwordless news.
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After paving the way to passwordless for over a decade, is excited to announce passwordless support across Android, Chrome & ChromeOS .blog.google/technology/saf #WorldPasswordDay #WorldPasswordDay
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Happy world password day! Check out about how is working towards a secure, passwordless future 🚀🔒
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.@Google Global Head of Product Security @CamilleEsq on passwords: “If you are putting all of your passwords into Fort Knox, you’ll feel a lot safer. Companies have invested in these password managers, Google in particular, into making sure that's the most secure place possible.”
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May 12th.
#California, #Washington, #Hawaii & #Alaska
Who should attend our #cybersecurity training?
Campaign staffers and volunteers
Party officials and others that work at the state and local levels in parties
eventbrite.com/e/243207990647
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You have likely heard that using a security key-- #TitanKey or a Yubikey from -- is the best way to secure accounts. Do you know what a security key is and how to pick the right one? Learn how at #KnowledgeBase defendcampaigns.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/artic
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Google’s Project Shield is being urgently expanded to govt websites at high-risk of DDoS attacks amid the war in Ukraine. 150+ websites in Ukraine are already using it. Details for how to sign up here: g.co/projectshield
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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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