Russian Star Blizzard Targets WhatsApp Accounts in New Spear-Phishing Campaign
A new spear-phishing campaign targeting victims' WhatsApp accounts has been attributed to the Russian threat actor Star Blizzard, which deviates from its usual tactics in an apparent effort to avoid detection.
According to a Microsoft Threat Intelligence team report shared with The Hacker News, Star Blizzard's targets are typically related to government or diplomacy (both current and former position holders), defense policy or international relations researchers whose work touches on Russia, and sources of aid to Ukraine related to the war with Russia.
A threat activity cluster associated with Russia, Star Blizzard (previously SEABORGIUM) is well-known for its credential harvesting efforts. It has been in operation since at least 2012 and is also known by the moniker Blue Callisto r...