Tag: Russian Universities
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The Plagiarism Trap: How ForumTroll APT is Holding Academic Careers Hostage to Deploy Spyware
In October 2025, experts at Kaspersky Lab uncovered a new wave of targeted attacks attributed to the ForumTroll group. Whereas earlier campaigns primarily focused on organizations, this iteration shifted its attention to individuals—political scientists, international relations specialists, and economists affiliated with leading Russian universities and research institutions. The attackers used lure emails alleging the discovery…