Russian GRU hackers hit NATO shipbuilder, aircraft engine maker, law enforcement agency in espionage campaign

Russian GRU hackers hit NATO shipbuilder, aircraft engine maker, law enforcement agency in espionage campaign

Russian military hacking group APT28 breached two NATO defense contractors and a law enforcement agency in a targeted cyber espionage campaign, Symantec reports.

Russian GRU hackers targeted a warship shipyard and an aircraft engine maker in two NATO countries

Symantec says the Russian cyber-espionage group APT28, tracked as Swallowtail, targeted a warship shipyard, a military aircraft engine maker and a law enforcement agency in two NATO member states.

Defense contractors in two NATO allies hacked in recent Russia-linked campaign | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker - National Cyber Security Consulting

Russian state-linked hackers targeted a naval shipbuilder, a military aircraft engine manufacturer and a law enforcement agency in two NATO countries in a recent espionage campaign, researchers have found. The attacks were attributed to APT28, a hacking group linked to Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, according to cybersecurity firm Symantec. The researchers did not […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!

Russian APT28 Breaches NATO Naval Shipbuilder in NATO Country, Deploys New Reflective Loader

The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor tracked as APT28 (aka BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, and Forest Blizzard) has been attributed to attacks targeting two member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Symantec Threat Hunter Team, which is tracking the activity cluster under the moniker Swallowtail, involved the use of a backdoor called HOOKEDGE and a previously