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Fancy Bear spotted using real Kazak government documents in spearpishing campaign

Russian-linked hacking group Fancy Bear has been accused of using documents from the Kazakhstan government to plant malware and spy on Central Asian officials. The activity correlated with a cyber intrusion identified by Ukraine in 2023, attributed to the same group. Researchers have found a similar malicious code in ten documents, which are part of a campaign named “Double-Tap”. The malware used, Hatvibe and Cherryspy, have previously been linked to Russian cyber espionage.

Source: cyberscoop.com –

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