The government’s Computer Emergency Response Team CERT-UA, operating under the auspices of the State Special Communications Service, is warning of a new cyberattack from the Russian FSB-linked group UAC-0010 (Armageddon).

The hackers “On organizing an act of revenge in Kherson!” with attachments in the form of the file “Plan Kherson.htm”. sends dangerous letters

If you open this attachment on the victim’s computer, a “Herson.rar” file will be created, labeled “Plan to approach Kherson.lnk’s critical infrastructure and plant explosives”.

And as a final result – the malicious program GammaLoad.PS1v2 will be installed.

Hacker group UAC-0010 (Armageddon) – among those who have been actively attacking the critical information infrastructure of our country since the beginning of the full-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine. During cyber attacks, hackers use painful subjects for Ukrainians. Cases of cyber attacks by this group against EU countries have also been reported. Detail