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Ukrainians attacked by hackers – intimidated by tax penalties and nuclear terrorism

  • June 21, 2022
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The State Special Communications and Information Protection Service warns of new cyberattacks by sending dangerous files – attackers use the issues of taxation and fines for nuclear terrorism.

Ukrainians attacked by hackers – intimidated by tax penalties and nuclear terrorism

Ukrainians attacked by hackers – intimidated by tax penalties and nuclear terrorism

The State Special Communications and Information Protection Service warns of new cyberattacks by sending dangerous files – attackers use the issues of taxation and fines for nuclear terrorism.

As Ukrinform reports, the press service of the department reports in Telegram.

In particular, the Ukrainian State Computer Emergency Response Team CERT-UA, operating under the State Special Communications Service, revealed that e-mails with the subject of “Tax evasion notification” were distributed on behalf of the Ukrainian State Tax Service. . They contain the archive “Implementation of Penalties”. zip “docx document with the same name. Opening the document will reportedly download the malicious program Cobalt Strike Beacon. Activity is tracked by UAC-0098.

Another attack was carried out by distributing a malicious document called “Nuclear Terrorism Is A Very Real Threat.rtf”, the discovery of which led to the download and launch of the malicious program CredoMap. This activity is associated with the activities of the APT28 group.

As reported, in early June, experts from the State Special Service discovered a cyberattack that sent dangerous emails to government agencies with the file “changes in toll fees.docx”.

Source: Ukrinform

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