Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2023-11-13 00:00:00
Affected organization: Embassies and international organizations
Affected country: Italy
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Host
Motive: Espionage
Actor: SVR (COZYBEAR)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: The Ukraine's National Cyber Security Coordination Center (NCSCC) reveals that Russian state-sponsored hackers from APT29 have targeted embassies and international organizations exploiting the WinRAR CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability.