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Belarusian Hackers, UNC1151 Target Ukraine
Reported by TechCrunch and CERT-UA, Belarusian state-sponsored group UNC1151 is targeting private email accounts of Ukrainian military personnel and related individuals with a phishing campaign. Attackers use IMAP to access compromised accounts and send phishing emails to contacts from the victim's address book. UNC1151 has a history of targeting the Ukrainian military and is also believed to be involved in recent DDoS attacks against Ukrainian websites.
APT29/Nobelium Targets Embassies
FortiGuard reports APT29/Nobelium targeting embassies using emails impersonating the Turkish Embassy. The malicious HTML attachments create ISO files that execute Cobalt Strike via DLL shortcuts, likely for monitoring embassy activities.
Ukraine's IT Army
Ukraine's IT Army, assembled by Minister Mykhaylo Fedorov, aims to combat Russian cyber threats. Communicating via Telegram, the group targets 31 Russian entities, including government agencies, banks, and Yandex. This initiative marks a significant cyber front response amid the ongoing conflict.
UNC2596 & Cuba Ransomware
Mandiant reports UNC2596 deploying Cuba ransomware using Exchange vulnerabilities ProxyShell and ProxyLogon. The group targets multiple sectors, mainly in North America, using advanced tactics like Mimikatz and PowerShell scripts for privilege escalation and lateral movement.
Entropy Ransomware Delivered by Dridex
Sophos' investigation links Entropy ransomware attacks on media and government organizations to Dridex malware. Initial access was gained via the ProxyShell vulnerability, leading to data exfiltration and ransomware deployment. Attackers used tools like Cobalt Strike, PsExec, and Meterpreter, with final stages involving Regsvr32 to execute Entropy ransomware.
Conti's Chats Leaked
Conti chats stored from a Jabber Communication System were leaked by a Ukrainian security researcher, as reported by BleepingComputer. The leaks follow Conti's recent announcement of siding with Russia in the Ukrainian conflict. The validity of the leaked messages is confirmed by AdvIntel CEO Vitali Kremez and security firm Hold Security. The leaked data, dating back to January 21st, 2021, includes 60,694 messages contained in 393 JSON files. These conversations provide insights into the gang's activities, including previously unreported victims, private data leak URLs, bitcoin addresses, and discussions about their operations.
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