Gamaredon group using new tools to target Microsoft Outlook and Office, researchers warn

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And they are making no efforts to stay under the radar

Notorious hacking group Gamaredon is currently using a variety of new post-compromise attack tools to target Microsoft Outlook and Office and to inject malicious macros and remote templates into ex...

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