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#8 The Hacker News general March 10, 2026 at 10:55 UTC

APT28 Uses BEARDSHELL and COVENANT Malware to Spy on Ukrainian Military

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

APT28 has deployed BEARDSHELL and COVENANT malware against Ukrainian military personnel since April 2024, representing a return to sophisticated tooling for long-term surveillance operations. The Russian state-sponsored group previously known as Fancy Bear is using custom variants of open-source frameworks for espionage.

Relevance score: 78.0/100

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