FSB Uses Trojan App to Monitor Russian Programmer Accused of Supporting Ukraine A Russian programmer accused of donating money to Ukraine had his Android device secretly implanted with spyware by the Federal Security Service (FSB) after he was detained earlier this year. The findings come as part of a collaborative Read more…
AI-Powered Fake News Campaign Targets Western Support for Ukraine and U.S. Elections A Moscow-based company sanctioned by the U.S. earlier this year has been linked to yet another influence operation designed to turn public opinion against Ukraine and erode Western support since at least December 2023. The covert campaign undertaken Read more…
Ukraine Bans Telegram Use for Government and Military Personnel Sep 21, 2024Ravie LakshmananNational Security / Cyber Attack Ukraine has restricted the use of the Telegram messaging app by government officials, military personnel, and other defense and critical infrastructure workers, citing national security concerns. The ban was announced by the National Read more…
Ukraine Police Arrest Suspect Linked to LockBit and Conti Ransomware Groups The Cyber Police of Ukraine has announced the arrest of a local man who is suspected to have offered their services to LockBit and Conti ransomware groups. The unnamed 28-year-old native of the Kharkiv region allegedly specialized in the Read more…
SPECTR Malware Targets Ukraine Defense Forces in SickSync Campaign The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of cyber attacks targeting defense forces in the country with a malware called SPECTR as part of an espionage campaign dubbed SickSync. The agency attributed the attacks to a threat actor Read more…
Hackers Use MS Excel Macro to Launch Multi-Stage Malware Attack in Ukraine A new sophisticated cyber attack has been observed targeting endpoints geolocated to Ukraine with an aim to deploy Cobalt Strike and seize control of the compromised hosts. The attack chain, per Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, involves a Microsoft Excel Read more…
FlyingYeti Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability to Deliver COOKBOX Malware in Ukraine Cloudflare on Thursday said it took steps to disrupt a month-long phishing campaign orchestrated by a Russia-aligned threat actor called FlyingYeti targeting Ukraine. “The FlyingYeti campaign capitalized on anxiety over the potential loss of access to housing and utilities by Read more…
Ukraine Targeted in Cyberattack Exploiting 7-Year-Old Microsoft Office Flaw Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a targeted operation against Ukraine that has been found leveraging a nearly seven-year-old flaw in Microsoft Office to deliver Cobalt Strike on compromised systems. The attack chain, which took place at the end of 2023 according to Deep Instinct, Read more…
OfflRouter Malware Evades Detection in Ukraine for Almost a Decade Select Ukrainian government networks have remained infected with a malware called OfflRouter since 2015. Cisco Talos said its findings are based on an analysis of over 100 confidential documents that were infected with the VBA macro virus and uploaded to Read more…
Ukraine Arrests Trio for Hijacking Over 100 Million Email and Instagram Accounts The Cyber Police of Ukraine has arrested three individuals on suspicion of hijacking more than 100 million emails and Instagram accounts from users across the world. The suspects, aged between 20 and 40, are said to be part of an Read more…