Machine translation of a press release by the Ukrainian cyber police: The illegal activities of a 36-year-old resident of Netishyn were exposed by the employees of the Cyber Police Department together with the employees of the Svyatoshyn district prosecutor’s office. The man was an administrator of closed groups and channels in the Telegram messenger, where…
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Germany and Ukraine hit two high-value ransomware targets
On 28 February 2023, the German Regional Police (Landeskriminalamt Nordrhein-Westfalen) and the Ukrainian National Police (Націона́льна полі́ція Украї́ни), with support from Europol, the Dutch Police (Politie) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations, targeted suspected core members of the criminal group responsible for carrying out large-scale cyberattacks with the DoppelPaymer ransomware. This ransomware appeared…
Russian hackers using new Graphiron information stealer in Ukraine
Bill Toulas reports: The Russian hacking group known as ‘Nodaria’ (UAC-0056) is using a new information-stealing malware called ‘Graphiron’ to steal data from Ukrainian organizations. The Go-based malware can harvest a wide range of information, including account credentials, system, and app data. The malware will also capture screenshots and exfiltrate files from compromised machines. Symantec’s…
Sandworm gang launches Monster ransomware attacks on Ukraine
Jeff Burt reports: The Russian criminal crew Sandworm is launching another attack against organizations in Ukraine, using a ransomware that analysts at Slovakian software company ESET are calling RansomBoggs. In a Twitter thread, the ESET researchers wrote that they had detected RansomBoggs deployed within the networks of “multiple organizations in Ukraine.” While some aspects of RansomBoggs…
Inside The Russian Cybergang Thought To Be Attacking Ukraine—The Trickbot Leaks
Davey Winder reports: … I can exclusively report that threat intelligence specialist Cyjax has today published an in-depth analysis delving deep into the heart of the Trickbot cybergang. Months of painstaking research through hundreds of leaked documents has resulted in what is possibly the most comprehensive breakdown of a significant international cybercrime syndicate I’ve seen. Covering…
Ukraine arrests cybercrime gang operating over 400 phishing sites
Bill Toulas reports: The Ukrainian cyberpolice force arrested nine members of a criminal group that operated over 400 phishing websites crafted to appear like legitimate EU portals offering financial assistance to Ukrainians. The threat actors used forms on the site to steal visitors’ payment card data and online banking account credentials and perform fraudulent, unauthorized…