- Jun 9, 2013
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Russian military personnel plagued by spear-phishing campaign, Chinese hackers are the main suspects
A campaign targeting Russian military personnel has been observed by Proofpoint, a US-based Security-as-a-Service vendor, which it attributes to a hacking group operating out of China.
According to the company's security researchers, the group was previously tracked by its employees and other security vendors, and is known in industry circles as TA459.
Proofpoint has first observed this campaign in July 2015, claiming it's still currently raging on, also affecting telecom and financial companies associated with the military targets where the first attacks were detected.
Attackers use spear-phishing and malicious Word files
Full article. Russian Military Targeted by Chinese Hackers Using Malicious Word Files
A campaign targeting Russian military personnel has been observed by Proofpoint, a US-based Security-as-a-Service vendor, which it attributes to a hacking group operating out of China.
According to the company's security researchers, the group was previously tracked by its employees and other security vendors, and is known in industry circles as TA459.
Proofpoint has first observed this campaign in July 2015, claiming it's still currently raging on, also affecting telecom and financial companies associated with the military targets where the first attacks were detected.
Attackers use spear-phishing and malicious Word files
Full article. Russian Military Targeted by Chinese Hackers Using Malicious Word Files