Security News > 2015 > December > Relentless Sofacy APT Attacks Armed With Zero Days, New Backdoors (Threatpost)
2015-12-04 12:05
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab release an update on the Sofacy gang, also known as APT28, explaining a set of new malware implants, backdoors and zero days at the group's disposal.
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