A Russian-backed malware group is spoofing pro-Ukraine apps, Google finds
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge All warfare is based on deception," Sun Tzu wrote in The Art of War. Some 2,500 years later, the maxim applies to the virtual battlefield as well as the physical.
As the war in Ukraine rages on, researchers from Google have discovered malware from a Russian state-backed group disguised as a pro-Ukraine app. The details were revealed in a blog post published by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which specializes in tracking and exposing state-sponsored hacking.
According to TAG, the Cyber Azov app - which invokes Ukraine's far-right military unit, the Azov Regiment - was actually created by Turla, a Kremlin-backed hacking group known for compromising European and American organizations with malware.
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