Russian nation-state actor Star Blizzard has been running a new spear-phishing campaign to compromise WhatsApp accounts of targets in government, diplomacy, defense policy, international relations, and Ukraine aid organizations.

A Russian state-sponsored threat actor has been spotted engaging in a unique cyber-campaign aimed at supporting the country’s war effort against Ukraine. Researchers from Microsoft Threat Intelligence revealed the Star Blizzard group was recently seen phishing for WhatsApp accounts belonging to diplomats,

Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the Russian threat actor we track as Star Blizzard sending their typical targets spear-phishing messages, this time offering the supposed opportunity to join a WhatsApp group.

Star Blizzard, a prolific phishing crew backed by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), conducted a new campaign aiming to compromise WhatsApp accounts and gain access to their messages and data, according to Microsoft.

The Russian cyber spy operation known as Star Blizzard changed tactics after a takedown operation by Microsoft and the US authorities, turning to widely-used messaging platform WhatsApp to try to ensn

Microsoft researchers catches Russia's Star Blizzard hackers spear-phishing with QR codes and WhatsApp group chats.