Hacking Team Successor Linked to Malware Campaign, New ‘Dante’ Commercial Spyware
CyberScoop – Kaspersky researchers said Monday that they’ve unearthed a malware campaign they’re linking to the successor company of the infamous Italy-based surveillance tech firm Hacking Team, and at the same time discovered new commercial malware tied to the same firm. The malware campaign that Kaspersky dubbed Operation ForumTroll targeted government organizations, media outlets, financial institutions, universities, research centers, and other organizations in Russia, with an apparent goal of conducting espionage.
