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Worldwide campaign against government authorities discovered 
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Kaspersky experts have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign targeting government agencies worldwide. As part of the campaign, more than 30 malware dropper samples are used - some with text changes to make the samples more difficult to detect. New DuneQuixote cyber espionage campaign targets government entities worldwide Kaspersky researchers have discovered an ongoing malicious campaign initially targeting a government entity in the Middle East. Further investigation revealed that more than 30 malware dropper samples were actively used in this campaign and the victim group was reportedly expanded to APAC, Europe and North America. Disguised droppers as the first attack The first droppers of the malware…

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Cyber ​​attacks against foreign government
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Researchers from Avanan report on attacks on the Caribbean island nation of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and explain how hackers threaten the government there on a daily basis. The islands, with a population of 100.000, experienced 34.000 phishing attacks a year. Check Point reports attacks against the government of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Researchers at Check Point subsidiary Avanan, a leading provider of email security solutions, have examined the attacks on the Caribbean island nation and placed them in the context of the increasing number of cyber attacks against authorities worldwide. Over 1.500 attacks on governments – per week! Noisy…

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Hacker group spies on governments and organizations in hotels
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"FamousSparrow" exploits Microsoft Exchange security holes from March 2021. Hacker group spies on governments and organizations in hotels. A cyber espionage group that has hitherto been inconspicuous has impressively demonstrated how quickly a vulnerability that has become known can be exploited. “FamousSparrow” started its espionage attacks exactly one day after the Microsoft Exchange security holes were published (March 2021). This so-called Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) mainly attacks hotels around the world. But goals in other areas such as governments, international organizations, engineering offices and law firms are now on the agenda. The ESET researchers examined the actions of the hacking group and ...

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