Experts spotted a previously unknown APT group dubbed Strider or ProjectSauron that carried out surgical cyber-espionage attacks against targets worldwide. The group has been conducting a surgical cyber espionage campaign against targets in Russia, Belgium, China, Iran, Sweden, and Rwanda. Symantec has found evidence of the largest number of Striders infections, it discovered 36 computers belonging to seven differed organizations since October 2011. The list of targets includes government agencies, military entities, scientific research centers, telecoms providers and financial institutions.”]
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