Cloud Atlas Exploits Six-Year-Old Flaw to Target Russian Companies

Summary: The threat actor Cloud Atlas has been identified in spear-phishing attacks targeting Russian enterprises. The modus operandi involves a phishing message in the initial stage, containing a lure document that exploits CVE-2017-11882, a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Offices...

Cloud Atlas' Spear-Phishing Attacks Target Russian Agro and Research Companies

The threat actor referred to as Cloud Atlas has been linked to a set of spear-phishing attacks on Russian enterprises. Targets included a Russian agro-industrial enterprise and a state-owned research company, according to a report from F.A.C.C.T., a standalone cybersecurity company formed after...