The Civil War Ukraine living for months also reflected in cyberspace. Russian Hackers have exploited a bug in the Windows operating system to target computers used by NATO, the European Union, the Ukrainian government and several companies in the telecommunications and energy sectors, according to industry iSight security.
iSight announced today that the team has made Sandworm hackers attack through a ‘zero-day exploit’ Windows previously unrecognized . This vulnerability affects all supported versions of Windows Server 2008 and 2012 Microsoft is working on a patch for the vulnerability CVE-2014-4114.
The Windows vulnerability CVE-2014-4114 has been in use since August last year , primarily through PowerPoint documents, reports CNET.
The exploit has been used as part of a wider cyber spying campaign , according to iSight. Hackers have been in action since 2009, using the spear phishing with malicious attachments as their preferred infiltrate computer systems method. Other methods include the use of crimeware BlackEnergy and said fallors Windows
iSight says the team ran their campaigns to intelligence services of the United States and the EU and military establishments, media and defense contractors. But receintemente, the focus has shifted to the conflict in Ukraine, with branches in the energy industries , and policy issues related to Russia.
cybersecurity experts do not know what data from government agencies and private sector companies have obtained the hackers . But “the use of the vulnerability virtually guarantees that all target entities were victims to some degree.”
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