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Ethiopias Malware Attacks on Dissidents in Other Countries

Ethiopian dissidents in the US, UK, and other countries were targeted with emails containing sophisticated commercial spyware posing as Adobe Flash updates and PDF plugins. Targets include a US-based Ethiopian diaspora media outlet, the Oromia Media Network (OMN), a PhD student, and a lawyer. The Citizen Lab, which is based at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto did the research by analyzing the use of a spyware known as PC Surveillance System (PSS)”]

Source: https://hackercombat.com/ethiopias-malware-attacks-dissidents-countries/

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