Security News > 2022 > March > Ukrainian CERT Warns Citizens of Phishing Attacks Using Compromised Accounts

Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team warned of new phishing attacks aimed at its citizens by leveraging compromised email accounts belonging to three different Indian entities with the goal of compromising their inboxes and stealing sensitive information.

"In this way, they gain access to the email inboxes of Ukrainian citizens."

Interestingly, TVS Rubber is an automotive company based out of the Indian city of Madurai, suggesting that attacks leveraged an already compromised email account to distribute the phishing emails.

"All these mailboxes have been compromised and are being used by the Russian Federation's special services to carry out cyberattacks on Ukrainian citizens," the agency said.

The development comes as the NATO nations unanimously voted to admit Ukraine to the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence as a "Contributing Participant," as Russia's military invasion of the country continued well into the second week and cyber attacks have rained down on government and commercial targets.

"Ukraine's presence in the Centre will enhance the exchange of cyber expertise, between Ukraine and CCDCOE member nations. Ukraine could bring valuable first-hand knowledge of several adversaries within the cyber domain to be used for research, exercises and training," Col Jaak Tarien, director of CCDCOE, said in a statement.

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