Trend Micro: Russian state-sponsored hackers relying more on compromised corporate email accounts to send out targeted phishing emails and spam. Russian hackers are now scanning the internet looking for vulnerable email servers Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover servers and then using compromised email accounts they find to assist in phishing attacks, the report says. The majority of the compromised accounts came from defense companies in the Middle East, according to Trend Micros new report. The group has been accused of participating in several significant hacking events, including the theft of emails from the U.S. Democratic National Committee.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/russian-hackers-relying-on-compromised-accounts-report-a-13994