Russian Hackers Use New HOOKEDGE Backdoor to Spy on European Organizations
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The Russian cyber espionage group BlueDelta, better known as APT28 or Fancy Bear, has targeted diplomatic and governmental organizations in Romania, Spain and Turkey. Its new tool, HOOKEDGE, hides behind Microsoft Edge and a general public web service to transmit its orders and extract data.
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Russian Hackers Use New HOOKEDGE Backdoor to Spy on European Organizations
Russian hackers have used a Windows backdoor called HOOKEDGE in espionage operations against diplomatic, government, and defense-related organizations across Europe. The activity focused on targets in Romania, Spain, and Turkey, where seemingly ordinary Microsoft Word attachments became the opening move in a staged intrusion. The campaign relies on spearphishing emails carrying macro-enabled documents. Victims are […]
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