Anti-Russian denial-of-service app actually infects pro-Ukrainian activists
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An app which purported to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the internet infrastructure of Russia, was in reality secretly installing malware on to the devices of pro-Ukrainian activists.
As researchers at Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) describe, the Moscow-backed Turla hacking group created a website purporting to belong to Ukraine's Azov regiment.
On the bogus website, users were encouraged to download a tool that would allegedly swamp Russian websites with unwanted traffic.
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