Ukraine defense forces targeted by SPECTR malware

Attacks with the SPECTR information-stealing malware were discovered by Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team to have been deployed against the country's defense forces by Luhansk People's Republic-associated threat operation UAC-0020, also known as Vermin, as part of its SickSync cyberespionage campaign, The Hacker News reports.

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