Attacks on government systems in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Central Asia linked to Russian state

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Flaws in Windows Server 2003 and Adobe Acrobat Reader opened doors to "Epic Turla" cyber-attackers

More than 40 governments have been attacked in a cyber-campaign believed to be linked to the Russian state, according to security software vendors Kaspersky and Symantec. The attack was directed...

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