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  • SARABURI, THAILAND - 2020/06/22: A researcher holds a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine during a news conference at the National Primate Research Center of Chulalongkorn University. Some vaccine candidates are in early stage of development, but 2 candidate vaccines are already in animal evaluation. The mRNA vaccine developed by Chulalongkorn University has proceeded through evaluation in mouse and then in Monkey. Second dose in Monkey is given on June 22, 2020. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

    NSA says Russian hackers are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research

    The US, UK and Canada claim Cozy Bear has targeted health care organizations.

    Kris Holt
    07.16.2020
  • Reuters/Lucy Nicholson

    After the election, hackers target think tanks with phishing attacks

    Now that the election is over, the Russian teams of hackers suspected of breaking into the Democratic Party's systems have reportedly launched a new phishing attack on US political think tanks and non-government organizations. Incident response firm Volexity has compiled information on "The Dukes" (aka APT29 or Cozy Bear) that it believes are behind the attacks. This time around, they worked by posing as a Harvard professor, sending links to Microsoft Office Word or Excel documents that contained a macro used to install a malware downloader on that target's computer. Once installed, it downloads a PNG file that has a backdoor embedded via steganography.

    Richard Lawler
    11.11.2016