Feedly:Security News - Software vulnerabilities, data leaks, malware, viruses. Researchers uncover extensive Twitter-based cyber espionage campaign targeting UAE dissidents, journalists

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A new report from the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab reveals a sophisticated international cyber-espionage campaign targeting journalists and activists whose work concerns the United Arab Emirates. The campaign used elaborate ruses, including fake organizations and journalists, to engage targets online, then entice them to open malicious files and links containing malware capable of monitoring their activities.