{"id":7389,"date":"2026-03-10T12:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/apt28-uses-beardshell-and-covenant-malware-to-spy-on-ukrainian-military\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:11:40","slug":"apt28-uses-beardshell-and-covenant-malware-to-spy-on-ukrainian-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/apt28-uses-beardshell-and-covenant-malware-to-spy-on-ukrainian-military\/","title":{"rendered":"APT28 Uses BEARDSHELL and COVENANT Malware to Spy on Ukrainian Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThe Russian state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT28 has been observed using a pair of implants dubbed BEARDSHELL and COVENANT to facilitate long\u2011term surveillance of Ukrainian military personnel.<br \/>\nThe two malware families have been put to use since April 2024, ESET said in a new report shared with The Hacker News.<br \/>\nAPT28, also tracked as Blue Athena, BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, Fighting Ursa,\u00a0The Russian state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT28 has been observed using a pair of implants dubbed BEARDSHELL and COVENANT to facilitate long\u2011term surveillance of Ukrainian military personnel.<br \/>\nThe two malware families have been put to use since April 2024, ESET said in a new report shared with The Hacker News.<br \/>\nAPT28, also tracked as Blue Athena, BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, Fighting Ursa,\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThe Russian state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT28 has been observed using a pair of implants dubbed BEARDSHELL and COVENANT to facilitate long\u2011term surveillance of Ukrainian military personnel. The two malware families have been put to use since April 2024, ESET said in a new report shared with The Hacker News. APT28, also tracked as&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/apt28-uses-beardshell-and-covenant-malware-to-spy-on-ukrainian-military\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">APT28 Uses BEARDSHELL and COVENANT Malware to Spy on Ukrainian Military<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}