SolarWinds hackers linked to known Russian spying tools

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Backdoor shares similarities with existing malware.

SolarWinds hackers linked to known Russian spying tools
The group behind a global cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously used by suspected Russian hackers, researchers said. Investigators at Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said the "backdoor" used to ...

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