Accenture: Russian hackers using Brexit talks to disguise phishing lures

A notorious Russian hacking group tried to exploit the latest flurry of Brexit-related news to spread malware to unsuspecting victims, according to a report from Accenture released Thursday. APT28, which Accenture refers to as SNAKEMACKEREL, used a malware-laced Microsoft Word document that appeared to be about the United Kingdom’s planned separation from the European Union to try breaching a wide variety of targets’ systems, researchers said. APT28 is widely believed to be the product of Russian intelligence services. Also known as Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm and other names, its the same group researchers have blamed for the 2016 breach on the Democratic National Committee, for leaks relating to the 2018 Winter Olympics and for the targeting of various government, political, critical infrastructure and other organizations. “Based on observed targeting by this threat group over the past few years, we assess with moderate confidence that they are likely to have targeted government, politics, think tanks and defense organizations in […]

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