Ukraine

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2024
FrostyGoop ICS malware targets Ukraine

In April 2024, Dragos researchers spotted the malware FrostyGoop that interacts with Industrial Control Systems (ICS) using the Modbus protocol. In April 2024, Dragos researchers discovered a new ICS malware named FrostyGoop that interacts with Industrial Control Systems using the Modbus protocol. FrostyGoop is the ninth ICS malware that was discovered an that a nation-state […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2024
US announces a $10M reward for Russia’s GRU hacker behind attacks on Ukraine

The US DoJ announced charges against a member of Russia’s military intelligence service GRU for conducting wiper attacks on Ukraine in 2022. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced charges against Russian national Amin Timovich Stigal, who is a member of Russia’s military intelligence service GRU, for conducting wiper attacks on Ukraine in 2022. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2024
Two Ukrainians accused of spreading Russian propaganda and hack soldiers’ phones

Ukraine’s security service (SBU) detained two individuals accused of supporting Russian intelligence in spreading propaganda and hacking soldiers’ phones. Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, detained two individuals who are accused of supporting Russian intelligence in spreading pro-Russia propaganda. They are also accused of hacking the phones of Ukrainian soldiers. The arrests result from an investigation conducted by […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2024
UAC-0020 threat actor used the SPECTR Malware to target Ukraine’s defense forces

Ukraine CERT-UA warned of cyber attacks targeting defense forces with SPECTR malware as part of a cyber espionage campaign dubbed SickSync. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of cyber espionage campaign targeting defense forces in the country. The Ukrainian CERT attributes the attack to the threat actor UAC-0020 which employed a malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2024
FlyingYeti targets Ukraine using WinRAR exploit to deliver COOKBOX Malware

Russia-linked threat actor FlyingYeti is targeting Ukraine with a phishing campaign to deliver the PowerShell malware COOKBOX. Cloudflare researchers discovered phishing campaign conducted by a Russia-linked threat actor FlyingYeti (aka UAC-0149) targeting Ukraine. The experts published a report to describe real-time effort to disrupt and delay this threat activity.  At the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2024
Targeted operation against Ukraine exploited 7-year-old MS Office bug

A hacking campaign targeted Ukraine exploiting a seven-year-old vulnerability in Microsoft Office to deliver Cobalt Strike. Security experts at Deep Instinct Threat Lab have uncovered a targeted campaign against Ukraine, exploiting a Microsoft Office vulnerability dating back almost seven years to deploy Cobalt Strike on compromised systems. The researchers found a malicious PPSX (PowerPoint Slideshow […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2024
Ukrainian Blackjack group used ICS malware Fuxnet against Russian targets

The Ukrainian hacking group Blackjack used a destructive ICS malware dubbed Fuxnet in attacks against Russian infrastructure. Industrial and enterprise IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty reported that the Ukrainian Blackjack hacking group claims to have damaged emergency detection and response capabilities in Moscow and beyond the Russian capital using a destructive ICS malware dubbed Fuxnet. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2024
Ukraine cyber police arrested crooks selling 100 million compromised accounts

Ukraine cyber police, along with the national police, arrested three hackers attempting to sell 100 million compromised emails and Instagram accounts. The Ukraine cyber police and the national police have arrested three individuals who are suspected to have hacked over 100 million emails and Instagram accounts worldwide and offered them for sale. The three men […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2024
Ukraine’s GUR hacked the Russian Ministry of Defense

The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense claims that it hacked the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced it had breached the Russian Ministry of Defense servers as part of a special operation, and exfiltrated confidential documents. Stolen documents include: The stolen documents […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2024
IDAT Loader used to infect a Ukraine entity in Finland with Remcos RAT

A new malware campaign is targeting a Ukraine entity in Finland with Remcos RAT distributed via a loader called IDAT Loader. Morphisec Threat Labs researchers observed a new malware campaign targeting a Ukraine entity in Finland with Remcos RAT distributed via a loader called IDAT Loader. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) linked […]