Latest Ukraine news

Ukraine supporters in Germany targeted with PowerShell RAT malware

An unknown threat actor is targeting German users interested in the Ukraine crisis, infecting them with a custom PowerShell RAT (remote access trojan) and stealing their data.
- Bill Toulas
- May 16, 2022
- 02:05 PM
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Hackers display “blood is on your hands" on Russian TV, take down RuTube

Hackers continue to target Russia with cyberattacks, defacing Russian TV to show pro-Ukrainian messages and taking down the RuTube video streaming site.
- Bill Toulas
- May 09, 2022
- 04:19 PM
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Ukraine warns of “chemical attack” phishing pushing stealer malware

Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) is warning of the mass distribution of Jester Stealer malware via phishing emails using warnings of impending chemical attacks to scare recipients into opening attachments.
- Bill Toulas
- May 09, 2022
- 01:30 PM
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Ukraine’s IT Army is disrupting Russia's alcohol distribution

Hacktivists operating on the side of Ukraine have focused their DDoS attacks on a portal that is considered crucial for the distribution of alcoholic beverages in Russia.
- Bill Toulas
- May 05, 2022
- 02:57 PM
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Pro-Ukraine hackers use Docker images to DDoS Russian sites

Docker images with a download count of over 150,000 have been used to run distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen Russian and Belarusian websites managed by government, military, and news organizations.
- Bill Toulas
- May 04, 2022
- 06:14 AM
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Google: Chinese state hackers keep targeting Russian govt agencies

Google said today that a Chinese-sponsored hacking group linked to China's People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF) is targeting Russian government agencies.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 03, 2022
- 01:29 PM
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A YouTuber is encouraging you to DDoS Russia—how risky is this?

A YouTube influencer with hundreds of thousands of subscribers is encouraging everyone to conduct cyber warfare against Russia. How risky is it and can you get in trouble?
- Ax Sharma
- May 01, 2022
- 10:11 AM
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Ukraine targeted by DDoS attacks from compromised WordPress sites

Ukraine's computer emergency response team (CERT-UA) has published an announcement warning of ongoing DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks targeting pro-Ukraine sites and the government web portal.
- Bill Toulas
- April 28, 2022
- 11:38 AM
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Microsoft says Russia hit Ukraine with hundreds of cyberattacks

Microsoft has revealed the true scale of Russian-backed cyberattacks against Ukraine since the invasion, with hundreds of attempts from multiple Russian hacking groups targeting the country's infrastructure and Ukrainian citizens.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 27, 2022
- 02:09 PM
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Russian state hackers hit Ukraine with new malware variants

Threat analysts report the activity of the Russian state-sponsored threat group known as Gamaredon (Armageddon, Shuckworm), is still notably active in Ukrainian computer networks.
- Bill Toulas
- April 20, 2022
- 06:27 AM
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Hackers target Ukrainian govt with IcedID malware, Zimbra exploits

Hackers are targeting Ukrainian government agencies with new attacks exploiting Zimbra exploits and phishing attacks pushing the IcedID malware.
- Bill Toulas
- April 14, 2022
- 11:09 AM
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Sandworm hackers fail to take down Ukrainian energy provider

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Sandworm tried on Friday to take down a large Ukrainian energy provider by disconnecting its electrical substations with a new variant of the Industroyer malware for industrial control systems (ICS) and a new version of the CaddyWiper data destruction malware.
- Bill Toulas
- April 12, 2022
- 08:03 AM
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Hackers use Conti's leaked ransomware to attack Russian companies

A hacking group used the Conti's leaked ransomware source code to create their own ransomware to use in cyberattacks against Russian organizations.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 09, 2022
- 02:30 PM
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FIN7 hacking group 'pen tester' sentenced to 5 years in prison

Denys Iarmak, a Ukrainian member and a "pen tester" for the FIN7 financially-motivated hacking group, was sentenced on Thursday to 5 years in prison for breaching victims' networks and stealing credit card information for roughly two years, between November 2016 and November 2018.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 07, 2022
- 05:00 PM
- 0
Intel shuts down all business operations in Russia

US chipmaker Intel announced Tuesday night that it had suspended all business operations in Russia, joining tech other companies who pulled out of the country due to the invasion of Ukraine.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 05, 2022
- 11:57 PM
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Ukraine: Russian Armageddon phishing targets EU govt agencies

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has spotted new phishing attempts attributed to the Russian threat group tracked as Armageddon (Gamaredon).
- Bill Toulas
- April 05, 2022
- 09:10 AM
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Russians bypass website blocks to access Western news sources

Cloudflare sees signs of Russians increasingly turning to Western news sources to get accurate information about the situation in Ukraine.
- Bill Toulas
- April 04, 2022
- 01:06 PM
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Viasat confirms satellite modems were wiped with AcidRain malware

A newly discovered data wiper malware that wipes routers and modems has been deployed in the cyberattack that targeted the KA-SAT satellite broadband service to wipe SATCOM modems on February 24, affecting thousands in Ukraine and tens of thousands more across Europe.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 31, 2022
- 01:25 PM
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Google: Russian phishing attacks target NATO, European military

The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says more and more threat actors are now using Russia's war in Ukraine to target Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine, in phishing and malware attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 30, 2022
- 01:44 PM
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Ukraine dismantles 5 disinformation bot farms, seizes 10,000 SIM cards

The Ukrainian Security Service (SSU) has announced that since the start of the war with Russia, it has discovered and shut down five bot farms with over 100,000 fake social media accounts spreading fake news.
- Bill Toulas
- March 28, 2022
- 04:23 PM
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