State Special Communications / Yelyzaveta Kovtun reports:
Hacker group UAC-0185 attempted to attack Ukrainian defense enterprises, as well as the Security and Defense Forces. Hackers used phishing emails for this.
As reported in the State Intelligence Service, the hackers disguised their letters as official messages on behalf of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
The text referred to an invitation to the conference, which took place on December 5 and was dedicated to the compliance of the products of the defense-industrial complex of Ukraine with NATO technical standards.
“The email contained a hyperlink with the text ‘The attachment contains important information for your participation’. Clicking on this link and opening the attached files could lead to computer infection, the department said.”
Read more at Online.ua
And Ukraine attacks Russia….
Daryna Antoniuk reports:
Russian users have reported difficulties accessing services at Gazprombank, one of the country’s largest privately owned banks, following an alleged cyberattack by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency.
Data from several website outage tracking services indicates that Gazprombank customers have complained about being unable to make transactions or pay bills through the bank’s app or website.
Earlier this week, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) claimed responsibility for launching a powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Gazprombank, disrupting its online and mobile banking services.
Read more at The Record.