Security News > 2023 > December > Microsoft Warns of Kremlin-Backed APT28 Exploiting Critical Outlook Vulnerability
2023-12-05 06:59
Microsoft on Monday said it detected Kremlin-backed nation-state activity exploiting a critical security flaw in its Outlook email service to gain unauthorized access to victims' accounts within Exchange servers. The tech giant attributed the intrusions to a threat actor it called Forest Blizzard (formerly Strontium), which is also widely tracked under the monikers APT28,
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