Hackers are again trying to attack Ukrainians, using mailing letters allegedly on behalf of state authorities, well-known institutions and organizations. This time, the government's CERT-UA computer emergency response team in Ukraine recorded a massive distribution of letters allegedly on behalf of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv, reports the State Service for Communications..

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The letters have the subject “Pechersky District Court of Kyiv” and contain an attachment in the form of a RAR archive with the title “electronic court request No. 7836071. rar" This archive contains the text document " txt" rar" The latter has an executable file " pdf. exe" Running the EXE file will install the Remcos remote control and monitoring software on the user's computer..

After hitting computers, attackers steal authentication data, and also use infected devices to reconnoitre a local area network and subsequently attack an organization's system..

Activity binds to group UAC-0050. It was these cyber attackers who used a similar scheme during the attack on February 6, 2023. Then they disguised themselves as representatives of Ukrtelecom.

Google previously said that Ukraine was under " They noted that compared to 2020, the number of attacks increased by 250%..