Ukraine

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2025
Russia-linked APT28 use Signal chats to target Ukraine official with malware

Russia-linked group APT28 uses Signal chats as an attack vector to phish Ukrainian officials with new malware strains. Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 is targeting Ukrainian government officials using Signal chats to deliver two new types of malware, tracked as BeardShell and SlimAgent. While Signal itself remains secure, attackers are exploiting its growing popularity in official […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2025
Russia-linked threat actors targets Ukraine with PathWiper wiper

A Russia-linked threat actor targeted a critical infrastructure organization in Ukraine with a new destructive malware dubbed PathWiper. Russia-linked threat actor targeted Ukraine’s critical infrastructure with a new wiper named PathWiper. Cisco Talos researchers reported that attackers utilized a legitimate endpoint administration tool, indicating they had access to the administrative console, then used it to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2025
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency stole 4.4GB of highly classified internal data from Tupolev

Ukraine’s GUR hacked the Russian aerospace and defense company Tupolev, stealing 4.4GB of highly classified internal data. Ukraine’s military intelligence agency GUR (aka HUR) claims the hack of the Russian aerospace and defense company Tupolev. According to Kyiv Post, Ukraine’s Military Intelligence compromised the United Aircraft Company (UAC) Tupolev division, which is a key developer […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2025
Gamaredon targeted the military mission of a Western country based in Ukraine

Gamaredon targeted a foreign military mission in Ukraine with updated GammaSteel malware on Feb 26, 2025, per Symantec. Symantec Threat Hunter researchers reported that the Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon (a.k.a. Shuckworm, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, ACTINIUM, Callisto) targeted a foreign military mission based in Ukraine with an updated version of the GamaSteel infostealer. Shuckworm is known for targeting government, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2025
Russia-linked Gamaredon targets Ukraine with Remcos RAT

Russia-linked Gamaredon targets Ukraine with a phishing campaign using troop-related lures to deploy the Remcos RAT via PowerShell downloader. Talos researchers warn that Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon (a.k.a. Armageddon, Primitive Bear, ACTINIUM, Callisto) targets Ukraine with a phishing campaign. The cyberespionage group is behind a long series of spear-phishing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities, and organizations related […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2025
A cyberattack hits Ukraine’s national railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia

A cyberattack on Ukraine’s national railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia disrupted online ticket services, causing long lines at Kyiv’s station. The Record Media first reported the news of a cyber attack on Ukraine’s national railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia that disrupted online ticket services, causing long lines at Kyiv’s station. The incident led to overcrowding and long delays as […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2025
CERT-UA warns of cyber espionage against the Ukrainian defense industry using Dark Crystal RAT

CERT-UA warns of a cyber campaign using Dark Crystal RAT to target Ukraine’s defense sector, including defense industry employees and Defense Forces members. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) uncovered a new cyber espionage campaign targeting employees of defense-industrial complex enterprises and representatives of the Defense Forces of Ukraine with Dark Crystal RAT. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2025
Criminal group UAC-0173 targets the Notary Office of Ukraine

CERT-UA warns of UAC-0173 using DCRat malware to target Ukrainian notaries in a new attack wave since mid-January 2025. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of a new campaign by criminal group UAC-0173 targeting Ukrainian notaries with a remote access trojan DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT). The campaign started in mid-January 2025, the attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2025
Russia’s intelligence recruits Ukrainians for terror attacks via messaging apps

Russia’s intelligence recruits Ukrainians for terror attacks via messaging apps and forums, offering quick pay, Ukraine’s law enforcement warns. According to Ukraine’s law enforcement, Russian intelligence is using messaging apps and forums to recruit Ukrainians for terrorist attacks, offering quick pay. Ukrainian authorities have recently seen a rise in terrorist attacks on police, military centers, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2025
CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency using fake AnyDesk requests

CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency, using fake AnyDesk requests to conduct fraudulent security audits. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of cyber scams involving threat actors impersonating the agency by sending fraudulent AnyDesk connection requests under the guise of security audits. CERT-UA pointed out that it uses the software AnyDesk […]