"Russian Cozy Bear Strikes European Embassies With WinRAR Bug"

According to Ukrainian government cybersecurity researchers, Russian state hackers exploited a recently patched vulnerability in a popular Windows tool for archiving files to target European embassies and international organizations in espionage attacks. Ukraine's National Cyber Security Coordination Center says hackers from Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, known as Cozy Bear or APT29, launched attacks against the embassies of several countries, including Azerbaijan, Greece, Romania, and Italy. Cybersecurity professionals said the threat actors also targeted the Greek Internet provider Otenet. This article continues to discuss the Cozy Bear group targeting European embassies and international organizations in espionage attacks involving the exploitation of the WinRAR bug.

DataBreachToday reports "Russian Cozy Bear Strikes European Embassies With WinRAR Bug"

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