Security News > 2024 > April > Russia's APT28 Exploited Windows Print Spooler Flaw to Deploy 'GooseEgg' Malware
2024-04-23 04:23
The Russia-linked nation-state threat actor tracked as APT28 weaponized a security flaw in the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler component to deliver a previously unknown custom malware called GooseEgg. The post-compromise tool, which is said to have been used since at least June 2020 and possibly as early as April 2019, leveraged a now-patched flaw that allowed for
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