Global APT28 cyberespionage campaign leverages Israel-Hamas war lures

Organizations across at least 13 countries, including Ukraine, Australia, Italy, and Saudi Arabia, have been subjected to a new cyberespionage campaign by Russian state-backed threat group APT28 also known as Fancy Bear, Forest Blizzard, ITG05, Sednit, Sofacy, Iron Twilight, FROZENLAKE, and TA422 that involved the usage of Israel-Hamas war-related lures to facilitate the deployment of the HeadLace malware, The Hacker News reports.

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