Russian military hackers sent phishing lures masquerading as Microsoft Teams chats

Hackers within the Russian military used Microsoft Teams chats as phishing lures in “highly targeted social engineering attacks,” according to security officials at Microsoft. The tech giant said on Wednesday it uncovered a campaign by a prolific Russian hacking group they call Midnight Blizzard but is most commonly known as NOBELIUM, Cozy Bear or APT29.

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