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Russian Hackers Deploy New HOOKEDGE Backdoor in Espionage Attacks Across Europe


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2026-09-05 09:34:47
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Russian state-sponsored threat actor BlueDelta, also tracked as APT28, Fancy Bear, and Forest Blizzard, has deployed a lightweight Windows backdoor named HOOKEDGE in espionage operations targeting government, diplomatic, and defense-manufacturing organizations across Europe. The activity, documented by PolySwarm, targeted entities in Romania, Spain, and Turkey between late September 2025 and early April 2026. New variants […]


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