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| Russia-linked hackers targeting European diplomats with invites to bogus wine tasting events |
| 2025-04-17 |
| [FoxNews] APT29 hacking group is believed to be connected to Russian intelligence services A Russia-linked hacking group unleashed a new "advanced phishing campaign" targeting European diplomats with invites to fake wine tasting events, according to a report. Check Point Research said the APT29 group is trying to "impersonate a major European Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send out invitations to wine tasting events, prompting targets to click a web link leading to the deployment of a new backdoor [malware] called GRAPELOADER." "This campaign appears to be focused on targeting European diplomatic entities, including non-European countries’ embassies located in Europe," the cybersecurity firm said in an advisory, noting that the emails with malicious links included subject lines such as "Wine tasting event (update date)," "For Ambassador’s Calendar" and "Diplomatic dinner." The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said last year that APT29, which also goes by the names of Midnight Blizzard, the Dukes, or Cozy Bear, is "a cyber espionage group, almost certainly part of the SVR, an element of the Russian intelligence services." Related: APT29 04/07/2022 Witnesses describe hostages' despair at Brit's terror trial APT29 07/27/2016 Rush: DNC Server Hack Story Isn't Done Yet |
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