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15 stories taggedUkraine.

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AI Security

UAC-0099 Hides a Fake Nuclear Threat in Malware to Break AI Analysis Tools

A Russia-aligned group is stuffing malware with a shock prompt designed to make security analysts' AI assistants refuse to look at the code.

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Threat Intelligence

Manic Android malware hops between infected phones to steal Ukrainian banking data

Researchers at ThreatFabric say the spyware, active since February, targets 169 apps and can relay stolen data through nearby infected devices over Wi-Fi Direct or Bluetooth when the internet is unavailable.

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Threat Intelligence

Ukrainian police shut down 94 scam call centres, seize $2 million in cash

A joint operation with German investigators dismantled fake investment platforms and bank-impersonation scams targeting victims across the EU.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Fake Job Offers From Russian Hackers Target Ukrainian IT Staff

Ukraine's cyber emergency team says a Sandworm subgroup is posing as recruiters to slip remote-control malware onto engineers' laptops.

3 min read
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Policy & Regulation

New Zealand Sanctions 33 Russia-Linked Cyber Operators and Child Abduction Networks

Wellington's latest penalties name hackers and individuals tied to the forced removal of Ukrainian children, signalling that digital warfare now sits alongside human-rights abuses on the sanctions list.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Ukraine warns of hackers hiding malware inside a fake Notepad++ plugin

CERT-UA links the campaign to UAC-0099, a group previously tied to Russia's Sandworm, which is using a genuine copy of Notepad++ to smuggle in a loader called LunchPoke.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Russian spies are hijacking Europe's security cameras to watch weapons move to Ukraine

Dutch intelligence says a Kremlin unit is quietly logging into internet-connected CCTV to track military convoys, aid shipments and troop positions.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Russian Military Hackers Trick Ukrainians Into Infecting Their Own PCs

Ukraine's cyber emergency team says a Sandworm sub-group is using fake CAPTCHA prompts to plant data-stealing malware.

3 min read
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Policy & Regulation

US Treasury Sanctions VPN Provider Accused of Selling Cover to Ransomware Gangs

OFAC hits 1VPNS, its Ukrainian operator, and a malware cryptor seller, accusing them of helping ransomware crews attack American victims.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Your Business Is Already a Wartime Target. Here Is What to Do About It.

Nation-states attacking private companies is not a future risk. It happened at scale in 2017 and the conditions that made it possible have only grown more complicated since.

3 min read
Threat Intelligence

Gamaredon's 2025 Phishing Surge: 35 Campaigns, Fresh Loaders, and Identity Tradecraft

The Russia-aligned group has spent the year refining spear-phishing lures against Ukrainian targets, leaning harder on cloud services and credential theft.

3 min read
Threat Intelligence

SSU, FBI Detail Russian Phishing Op Targeting Signal and Telegram Accounts

Ukrainian counterintelligence says GRU and FSB-linked operators ran fake tech-support flows against officials' messengers across Ukraine, Europe, and the U.S.

3 min read
Threat Intelligence

Turla's STOCKSTAY: A Fresh .NET Backdoor Aimed at Kyiv and Rome

Google's threat hunters tie the Russian FSB-linked crew to a previously undocumented Windows implant hitting Ukrainian military targets and Italy-focused diplomatic entities.

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Threat Intelligence

Gamaredon Keeps Riding the WinRAR Path-Traversal Bug Into Ukrainian Endpoints

CVE-2025-8088 is months old and patched. The Russian crew is still landing GammaPhish, GammaWorm, and GammaSteel with it.

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Threat Intelligence

GREYVIBE: New Russian-Speaking Cluster Tied to Sustained Operations Against Ukraine

Researchers attribute an August 2025 campaign wave to a previously undocumented actor whose tasking patterns align with Kremlin interests.

3 min read
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