{"id":313921,"date":"2017-04-25T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313921"},"modified":"2017-04-25T17:36:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T17:36:00","slug":"russian-hackers-target-presidential-candidate-macron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/russian-hackers-target-presidential-candidate-macron\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian hackers ‘target’ presidential candidate Macron"},"content":{"rendered":"
Russian hackers are targeting the campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, say security experts.<\/p>\n
Phishing emails, malware and fake net domains were all being used as attack techniques, said Feike Hacquebord, from security company Trend Micro.<\/p>\n
The attackers are believed to be part of the same group that targeted the US election.<\/p>\n
Russia has denied that it is behind attacks aimed at Mr Macron.<\/p>\n
Digital fingerprint<\/strong><\/p>\n In a report, Mr Hacquebord said the group behind the “aggressive” attacks was a collective of Russian hackers known widely as Fancy Bear, APT28 and Pawn Storm.<\/p>\n He said the group was using an extensive arsenal of high-tech con tricks to grab the login names, passwords and other credentials of staff aiding Mr Macron’s bid to be the next French president.<\/p>\n Mr Macron got through the first round of the presidential election as did Marine Le Pen.<\/p>\n In particular, said Mr Hacquebord, the hacker group had registered several net domains similar to those already registered by the French politician’s staff.<\/p>\n The fake domains were then used in phishing emails sent to key workers in an attempt to get them to visit the websites so login details could be scooped up.<\/p>\n The hackers were also abusing a system called OAuth that let people log into one service using the credentials they use for another.<\/p>\n Mr Hacquebord said telltale techniques of the group lent weight to the idea that the people involved in the French attacks were behind ones seen last year in the US.<\/p>\n