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Ukraine warns of attacks aimed at taking over Telegram accounts

Ukraine’s technical security and intelligence service warns of threat actors targeting aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts.

State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection (SSSCIP) of Ukraine spotted a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts.

The Ukrainian CERT attributes the hacking campaign to threat actors tracked as UAC-0094.

Threat actors are targeting Telegram users by sending Telegram messages with malicious links to the Telegram website in order to gain unauthorized access to the records and transfer a one-time code from SMS.

“The criminals sent messages with malicious links to the Telegram website in order to gain unauthorized access to the records, including the possibility to transfer a one-time code from SMS,” reads the alert published by the SSSCIP of Ukraine. “As a result of such attacks, cybercriminals get session data, a list of contacts, and the history of your Telegram session.”

The Telegram messages alert recipients that a login had been detected from a new device located in Russia and urges the recipients to confirm their accounts by clicking on the embedded link.

The URL points to a phishing page designed to trick victims into entering their phone numbers as well as the one-time passwords sent via SMS. Once obtained the one-time password, threat actors use it to take over the accounts.

“The joint efforts of specialists of the Cyberpolice Department of the National Police of Ukraine and the Governmental Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA in order to obtain unauthorized access to the accounts of the said service, including the ability to intercept one-time SMS-code.” reads the alert published by CERT-UA. “As a result of such attacks, attackers steal session data, contact list and correspondence history.”

Ukraine CERT-UA recently publishedsecurity advisory to warn of spear-phishing attacks conducted by Russia-linked Armageddon APT (aka Gamaredon, Primitive Bear, Armageddon, Winterflounder, or Iron Tilden) targeting local state organizations. The phishing messages have been sent from “vadim_melnik88@i[.]ua,” the campaign aims at infecting the target systems with malware.

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Pierluigi Paganini

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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