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Russia-linked APT28 is using stolen corporate email accounts to facilitate phishing attacks

20 March 2020 • 2 min read

Almost 40 per cent of the attacks launched by the group, also known as Pawn Storm, launched over the past year targeted defence companies

Russia-linked APT28, also known as Pawn Storm, is using previously hacked email accounts to facilitate credential phishing attacks against high-profile targets in the Middle East. That's the war...

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