Russian Cyber Espionage Group APT29 Targets European Diplomatic Entities with New GRAPELOADER Malware

The Russian cyber espionage group APT29, also known by the names SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, BlueBravo, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes, has targeted diplomatic entities in Europe with a new malware loader called GRAPELOADER. According to the research team at Check Point, APT29 conducted a sophisticated phishing campaign using a variant of WINELOADER and the previously unknown malware GRAPELOADER. Specific technical details and the real impacts of this campaign were not disclosed in the article.