New reports from international security experts claim that European governments have faced a barrage of hacking attacks over the past week According to Kaspersky Lab, the exploit — which has been dubbed "MiniDuke" — is designed to let infiltrators spy on governments and private institutions. The research firm says that a number of "high-profile" targets have already been compromised, including governments agencies in Ukraine, Belgium, Portugal, Romania, the Czech Republic and Ireland. An unnamed US healthcare provider was also infiltrated. Unlike a recent string of malware attacks, however, MiniDuke doesn't rely on weaknesses in Oracle's Java platform to carry out its secretive assault.
Instead, it was designed to capitalize on an...
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