U.S. and Russian antivirus vendors quarreled over a recent report of a cyber campaign that allegedly infiltrated Western governments, organizations and corporations. The report, released earlier this month by McAfee, claimed that a half-decade-long hacker operation compromised more than 70 government agencies, defense contractors and international organizations. McAfee dubbed the campaign “Shady RAT” and said it was an example of an “advanced persistent threat,” or APT. Kaspersky CEO: “We consider those conclusions to be largely unfounded and not a good measure of the real threat level””]
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