At least 28 embassies located in a capital city from the Middle East have been targeted in a sophisticated cyber operation that leveraged a recently discovered security hole in Windows XP and Server 2003.
The existence of the vulnerability in question, which impacts the kernel component of the aforementioned operating systems, was brought to light by Microsoft in late November 2013.
Shortly after, security researchers from Trend Micro came across a malicious PDF file…
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