Bluebottle hackers target financial institutions using Microsoft-signed driver

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Bluebottle hackers target financial institutions in French-speaking countries in Africa
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Bluebottle hackers target financial institutions in French-speaking countries in Africa

Attackers targeting banks in French-speaking countries using live-off-the-land and off-the-shelf tools have many similarities with the OPERA1ER group, say researchers

Security researchers at Symantec have uncovered activities of a cybercrime gang that is aggressively targeting the banking sector in French-speaking Africa countries. The gang, dubbed Bluebottle...

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