Russian nation-state actor Star Blizzard has been running a new spear-phishing campaign to compromise WhatsApp accounts of targets in government, diplomacy, defense policy, international relations, and Ukraine aid organizations.

Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the Russian threat actor we track as Star Blizzard sending their typical targets spear-phishing messages, this time offering the supposed opportunity to join a WhatsApp group.

Star Blizzard, a prolific phishing crew backed by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), conducted a new campaign aiming to compromise WhatsApp accounts and gain access to their messages and data, according to Microsoft.

The pro-Russian hacker group Star Blizzard, associated with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), made an attempt to hack government officials' accounts on WhatsApp. Read al

Microsoft spots the Russia-based 'Callisto' hacking group exploiting the QR code device-linking feature from WhatsApp to gain access to user accounts.

The group Star Blizzard, linked to the Russian FSB, attempted to hack government accounts on WhatsApp by impersonating American officials, reports "The Guardian". The pro-Russian hacking group Star Blizzard,

The Russian hacker group Star Blizzard launched a spear phishing campaign in November via the messaging platform WhatsApp, marking a change in longstanding tactics, Microsoft reported in a blog post on Jan.