{
  "id": 1550075,
  "title": "Cavern C2 Uses DNS and Google Apps Script to Blend Into Legitimate Traffic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/cavern-c2-uses-dns-and-google-apps-script-to-blend-into-legitimate",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-17T17:41:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/cavern-c2-uses-dns-and-google-apps.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cybersecurity researchers have traced the continued evolution of the Cavern (aka Cav3rn) command-and-control (C2) framework used by Iranian nation-state hackers in attacks targeting entities in Israel. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said its ongoing monitoring of the threat activity cluster since December 2025 has led to the discovery of previously unreported components that expand the",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}