Cyber mercenaries advertising

Since 2015, Void Balaur has been targeting around a dozen high-profile professionals a day: human rights activists, journalists, politicians, telecommunications engineers and medical doctors. They’ve also been advertising on Russian-language sites. This is not only in DARKReading, but also The Hacker News , Trend Micro, and ZDNet.

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/hacker-for-hire-group-spied-on-more-than-3-500-targets-in-18-months

ZDNet covered a piece of malware they’ve dropped in some sites some time ago: https://www.zdnet.com/article/trojan-malware-the-hidden-cyber-threat-to-your-pc/

Use multi-factor authentication to protect your email and social media accounts. Physical keys instead of SMS passcodes. Use reputable email. Webmail is best. I use Gmail, which has superior spam filters.

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