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Animal Farm APT and the Shadow of French Intelligence
By Pierluigi Paganini
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Babacar and Casper
Almost every government is working to improve its cyber-capabilities. The majority of them already have in their arsenal powerful espionage malware and hacking platforms. We read about the techniques and tactics implemented by a number of APT groups from China, Russia, Iran and belonging to the Five Eyes (US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) Intelligence Agencies.
Early in 2015, security researchers detected a new strain of malware, dubbed Babar, that they consider as a malicious code developed by French intelligence. According to the…
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