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Powerful Spyware Exploits Enable a New String of ‘Watering Hole’ Attacks

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Summary
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73% Informative

Google's Threat Analysis Group says Russia 's APT29 Cozy Bear hacked Mongolian government websites.

Hackers used spyware-like tools that exploit unpatched zero-day software vulnerabilities.

These tools were developed by spyware vendors Intellexa and NSO Group .

Google's TAG says they "assess with moderate confidence" that the campaigns were carried out by APT 29 .

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semi-formal

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English

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78

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