Cybersecurity

Are Russian Hackers Using Monkey Videos to Attack U.S.?

Hackers backed by Moscow have been carrying out a seven-year campaign tosteal intelligence information from western governments and organizations, a report from cybersecurity researchers F-Secure claims.

Specific targets of the attacks detailed in the report include the former Georgian Information Center on NATO, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia, the ministries of foreign affairs in both Turkey and Uganda and government institutions and think tanks in the U.S., Europe and central Asia.

The hacking collective named the "Duke group" have been using nine different variants of "malware" -- or malicious software -- to infiltrate networks and gather sensitive information.