Mar 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Malware The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of a new campaign that targets the defense sectors with Dark Crystal RAT (aka DCRat). The campaign, detected earlier this month, has been found to target both employees of enterprises of the defense-industrial complex and individual representatives of the … Read more
Do Russian attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure weaken the resolve of Ukrainian citizens? Drawing on new survey data, Philipp Chapkovski and Ivan S. Grigoriev find that while the multiple hardships caused by the war weigh heavily on the happiness of Ukrainians, they do not shake their core belief in victory. War is not only fought on battlefields – it’s … Read more
Dec 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Cyber Espionage The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU or SSU) has exposed a novel espionage campaign suspected to be orchestrated by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that involves recruiting Ukrainian minors for criminal activities under the guise of “quest games.” Law enforcement officials said that it detained two FSB … Read more
Oct 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware The Russian threat actor known as RomCom has been linked to a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at Ukrainian government agencies and unknown Polish entities since at least late 2023. The intrusions are characterized by the use of a variant of the RomCom RAT dubbed SingleCamper (aka … Read more
The chair of the United States Foreign Relations Committee was targeted by a sophisticated deepfake operation which impersonated a top Ukrainian official in what was an apparent attempt at election interference. The office of Ben Cardin, the Democratic Senator for Maryland, reportedly received an email on Thursday September 19 from someone claiming to be former … Read more
