Microsoft has issued a patch for a software bug being actively exploited by hackers trying to infiltrate government networks. Details of the bug were made public earlier this month by…
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Bears with keyboards: Russian hackers snoop on West
The hackers’ group Fancy Bear – believed to be Russian – has published more Olympic athletes’ medical files, including those of British gold medallists Mo Farah and Helen Glover. By…
Russian cyberspy group uses simple yet effective Linux Trojan
The Fysbis Trojan runs without root and has an extensible, modular architecture. By Lucian Constantin A cyberespionage group of Russian origin known as Pawn Storm is infecting Linux systems with…
New Adobe Flash Zero-Day Used in Pawn Storm Campaign Targeting Foreign Affairs Ministries
Report by Trend Micro highlights new Flash exploit. Analysis by Brooks Li, Feike Hacquebord, and Peter Pi Trend Micro researchers have discovered that the attackers behind Pawn Storm are using a new Adobe Flash zero-day…