Russian-Backed Hackers Target High-Value US, European Entities

Hackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence unit exploited previously patched Microsoft vulnerabilities in a massive phishing campaign against U.S. and European organizations in such vectors as government, aerospace, and finance across North America and Europe. The advanced persistent threat (APT) group Fancy Bear has used phishing schemes in attacks before, but the number of emails..

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