High-profile targets are continuing to be hit by this infamous hacking group that has been around since at least 2004.
Infosecurity Magazine Explains:
The gang, believed to be behind the hack on the US Democratic National Committee (DNC), has been engaged in criminal activity since at least 2004 and has developed sophisticated attacks that bypass the typical network security at compromised organizations, ESET researchers noted in a report. Recent targets include embassies in South America, Middle East, Africa and Asia, Ministries of Defense in Europe and Asia, Ukrainian political leaders, Russian political dissidents and members of Russia’s People’s Freedom Party. ESET has uncovered that the group has so far targeted at least 1,888 unique email addresses.
Using phishing attacks and zero-day exploits, the group has gained access to a plethora of confidential information, with most of the attacks occurring on Mondays or Fridays. ESET researchers have found that Fancy Bear also has created legions of custom programs, backdoors, bootkits and rootkits to assist it in its spying.
