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Russia's Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Organizations With Fake Event Invites to Deliver Backdoor

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Russia's Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Organizations With Fake Event Invites to Deliver Backdoor

Russian state hackers known as Star Blizzard have been using fake event invitations to trick people into installing a backdoor on their Windows computers, according to Microsoft. The campaigns, aimed at people and organizations tied…

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