Armageddon hackers launched a new attack on Ukrainian government agencies

08 April 2022, 15:13 | Technologies 
фото с Зеркало недели

Ukraine's government computer emergency response team CERT-UA has warned of sending dangerous emails with the subject line " 04. 2022,"

The letters contain an HTML file, the opening of which will lead to the creation on a computer of an archive with a file called " lnk" Its opening, in turn, will lead to the ability of hackers to take complete control of the computer and threaten to steal personal information, damage data and computer systems..

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The activity is associated with the Armageddon group, which has repeatedly attacked government agencies in both Ukraine and the EU. The CERT-UA command warns that members of the group, among other things, use the NO-IP Dynamic DNS service. Therefore, it is necessary to pay special attention to the connection with the domain names used by the mentioned service..

Earlier it became known that attackers are trying to gain access to the Telegram accounts of Ukrainians.. They distribute messages with a malicious link to an alleged messenger website in order to gain unauthorized access to accounts with the ability to intercept the code from SMS.

Источник: Зеркало недели