Threat Horizons - Intel Paper - Nov 2021_Ren_V1

This Google Cloud Threat Horizons report (Nov 2021) summarizes observed cloud threats: large numbers of publicly exposed GCP instances were rapidly compromised (primarily for cryptocurrency mining), APT28 conducted a large Gmail credential-phishing campaign, a North Korean actor used malicious PDF viewers to deliver implants, fraudsters abused cloud credits for YouTube traffic pumping, and Black Matter ransomware (a DarkSide offspring) was analyzed; the report includes timelines, exploit vectors, detection rules (YARA-L2), and Cloud-specific mitigation recommendations.