Dante’s Inferno: New Cyber-Spyware Ignites Global Espionage Concerns!
Operation ForumTroll: where phishing emails and zero-day exploits team up to ruin your day. Dante, the surveillance tool, is like a bad penny from Memento Labs, the artist formerly known as Hacking Team. With a name like ForumTroll APT, you’d think they’d be trolling forums, not governments.
Hot Take:
When life gives you lemons, make a surveillance tool. Memento Labs, formerly Hacking Team, is back with a fresh batch of espionage soufflé, now served under the guise of Operation ForumTroll. What’s next, cyber-spies offering loyalty cards?
Key Points:
- Dante, a new surveillance tool from Memento Labs, has hit the espionage scene, bringing back the spirit of the infamous Hacking Team.
- Operation ForumTroll, unveiled by Kaspersky, targeted government bodies and media organizations in Russia and Belarus.
- The attack exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome, allowing attackers to bypass security barriers.
- Attackers used COM hijacking to install spyware, with Dante being the crown jewel of their toolkit.
- Memento Labs continues the legacy of selling commercial spyware, despite its controversial past.
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