CERT-UA

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2022
CERT-UA warns of multiple Somnia ransomware attacks against organizations in Ukraine

Russian threat actors employed a new ransomware family called Somnia in attacks against multiple organizations in Ukraine. The Government Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA is investigating multiple attacks against organizations in Ukraine that involved a new piece of ransomware called Somnia. Government experts attribute the attacks to the group ‘From Russia with Love’ […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2022
Russia-linked APT targets Ukraine by exploiting the Follina RCE vulnerability

Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) warns that the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group may exploit the Follina RCE vulnerability. Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) is warning that the Russia-linked Sandworm APT may be exploiting the recently discovered Follina RCE. The issue, tracked as CVE-2022-30190, impacts the Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT). Nation-state actors […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2022
Ukraine CERT-UA warns of new attacks launched by Russia-linked Armageddon APT

Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) reported a phishing campaign conducted by Armageddon APT using GammaLoad.PS1_v2 malware. Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) reported a phishing campaign using messages with subject “On revenge in Kherson!” and containing the “Plan Kherson.htm” attachment. The HTM-file will decode and create an archive named “Herson.rar”, which contains a file-shortcut […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2022
CERT-UA warns of malspam attacks distributing the Jester info stealer

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of attacks spreading info-stealing malware Jester Stealer. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has detected malspam campaigns aimed at spreading an info-stealer called Jester Stealer. The malicious messages spotted by the Ukrainian CERT have the subject line “chemical attack” and contain a link to a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2022
Chinese threat actor Scarab targets Ukraine, CERT-UA warns

Ukraine CERT (CERT-UA) released details about a campaign that SentinelLabs linked with the suspected Chinese threat actor tracked as Scarab. Ukraine CERT (CERT-UA) published technical details about a malicious activity tracked as UAC-0026, which SentinelLabs associated with China-linked Scarab APT. Scarab APT was first spotted in 2015, but experts believe it has been active since […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2022
Ukraine’s CERT-UA warns of phishing attacks against Ukrainian citizens

Ukraine’s CERT-UA warned citizens of new phishing attacks launched through compromised email accounts belonging to Indian entities. Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) is warning of new phishing attacks targeting Ukrainian citizens through compromised email accounts belonging to three different Indian entities. The attacks were aimed at stealing sensitive information from compromised accounts. The malicious […]