Two previously unknown backdoors likely deployed by a Russian state hacking group have been discovered compromising the foreign affairs ministry of a European country.
Researchers with the Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET published a technical analysis on Wednesday of the backdoors, which they named LunarWeb and LunarMail.
Because of technical similarities and past activity, they attributed the campaign with medium confidence to Turla, a hacking group believed to be connected to the Russian Federal Security Service that has been around for decades.
The researchers believe the backdoors have been deployed since at least early 2020.
Russian hacking activity in Europe has been the source of recent controversy, with Germany recalling its ambassador to Russia last week due to alleged cyberattacks on critical infrastructure and a prominent political party.
The governments of the United Kingdom and Czechia summoned respective Russian ambassadors over alleged cyber activity and other purported espionage.
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This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Sat, 18 May 2024 08:43:05 +0000