Microsoft Warns of Kremlin-Backed APT28 Exploiting Critical Outlook Vulnerability

By: Newsroom — December 5^th 2023 at 06:59

Microsoft on Monday said it detected Kremlin-backed nation-state activity exploiting a now-patched critical security flaw in its Outlook email service to gain unauthorized access to victims' accounts within Exchange servers. The tech giant attributed the intrusions to a threat actor it called Forest Blizzard (formerly Strontium), which is also widely tracked under the