Security News > 2017 > September > Russian Hacking Tools Codenamed WhiteBear Released (Schneier on Security)
2017-09-01 11:39
Kaspersky Labs released a highly sophisticated set of hacking tools from Russia called WhiteBear. From February to September 2016, WhiteBear activity was narrowly focused on embassies and consular operations around the world. All of these early WhiteBear targets were related to embassies and diplomatic/foreign affair organizations. Continued WhiteBear activity later shifted to include defense-related organizations into June 2017. When compared...
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