No other technical details are available at this early stage.

In the recent months, Pawn Storm found particular interest in foreign affairs ministries.

The group in the past has targeted artists, journalists and politicians in Russia.

Fully patched Adode Flash hit by new zero-day exploit

It has also infected the iOS devices of news organizations and Western governments.

One Ministry of Foreign Affairs got its DNS tweaks for incoming mail compromised.

However, a more absolute approach would be to uninstall Flash completely.

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source: www.techworm.net