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Illustration of APT29 spear-phishing Europe with Russian flag

APT29 Spear-Phishing Europe: Stealthy Russian Espionage

APT29 SpearPhishing Europe: A Stealthy LongTerm Threat APT29 spearphishing Europe campaigns highlight a persistent and highly sophisticated cyberespionage threat orchestrated by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), known as Cozy Bear. Active since at least 2008, APT29 has become synonymous with stealthy operations targeting European institutions through phishing emails, Microsoft 365 abuse, supply chain compromises, and […]

APT28 spear-phishing France: cyberattack warning on Russian APT threats targeting European and French institutions, shown on a laptop and smartphone.

APT28 spear-phishing France: targeted attacks across Europe

APT28 spear-phishing France: a persistent pan-European threat APT28 spear-phishing France now represents a critical digital security challenge on a European scale. Since 2021, several European states, including France, have faced an unprecedented intensification of spear-phishing campaigns conducted by APT28, a state-sponsored cyber-espionage group affiliated with Russia’s GRU. Also known as Fancy Bear, Sednit, or Sofacy, […]

Operation Dual Face - Russian Espionage Hacking Tools in a high-tech cybersecurity control room showing Russian involvement

Russian Espionage Hacking Tools Revealed

Russian Espionage Hacking Tools: Discovery and Initial Findings Russian espionage hacking tools were uncovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on August 29, 2024, during an investigation prompted by unusual activity on Mongolian government websites. These sites had been compromised for several months. Russian hackers, linked to the SVR, embedded sophisticated malware into these sites […]