Russia's Cozy Bear linked to nearly undetectable malware

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There has been little news from Russian hacking groups since the country invaded Ukraine
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There has been little news from Russian hacking groups since the country invaded Ukraine

The distribution mechanism is similar to previous attacks by the Russian group.

The Unit 42 threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks has found a new malware sample that can evade detection by more than 50 commercially available antivirus programmes. The researchers sp...

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