Fancy Bear goes all out to beat Adobe, MSFT zero-day patches

A Russia-based hacking group is seeking to maximize the value of its zero-day exploits before patches issued by Adobe (released on October 26) and Microsoft (released yesterday) become widely available. In a report issued today, researchers at Trend Micro noted that spear phishing activity—malicious e-mails sent to “various governments and embassies around the world”—had ramped up significantly after these exploits were announced.