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Sead Fadilpašić

Russian hackers use fake "Windows update" to attack government targets

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Russian cybercriminals have been observed targeting Ukrainian government employees with information-stealing malware by posing as IT staff working in these institutions. 

Cybersecurity researchers from the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) spotted the hacking campaign in which Russian state-sponsored hackers from the APT28 threat actor (also known as Fancy Bear) were sending emails to Ukraine government employees.

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