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Security researchers recently discovered a notable spear phishing email campaign that used a peculiar, albeit increasingly popular, intrusion technique hidden inside a message concerning a terrorism attack in New York City. The operation appears to have been conducted, according to U.S. cybersecurity firm McAfee, by an infamous group of Russian hackers widely known as APT28 or Fancy Bear. The group is best known for breaching the Democratic National Committee in the run up to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. The malicious emails designed by APT28 may have been recently sent to military personnel located in Germany and France, based on other associated campaigns that were similar linked to the Russian hackers, explained Ryan Sherstobitoff, a senior analyst with McAfee’s advanced threat research team. “Based on the telemetry we captured, we have observed targets in Europe, specifically France and Germany,” Sherstobitoff said. “The document theme from the previous related campaign has […]

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