Cybercriminals use the theme of Mariupol “Azovstal”: a new attack on state organizations

New attack on state organizations of Ukraine/UnSplash

Ukrainians are worried about the Ukrainian Mariupol. Russian hackers use this to their own advantage.

Thus, a new cyberattack was carried out on Ukrainian state organizations. Now they use the theme of Mariupol “Azovstal”.

A new attack on Ukrainian state organizations

The CERT-UA government computer emergency response team of Ukraine has detected the spread e-mails with the subject “Urgent! Unblocking Azovstal Urgently! Unblocking Azovstal”.

The email contains an attachment in the form of an XLS-document “Military at Azovstal.xls” containing a macro.

If you open a document and activate the macro, the computer will be hit by the Cobalt Strike Beacon malware.

So, do not open such emails under any circumstances!

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