Nov. 6, 2023, 8:25 a.m. | info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)

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Google is warning of multiple threat actors sharing a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that leverages its Calendar service to host command-and-control (C2) infrastructure.
The tool, called Google Calendar RAT (GCR), employs Google Calendar Events for C2 using a Gmail account. It was first published to GitHub in June 2023.
"The script creates a 'Covert Channel' by exploiting the event

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