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Ransomware Hits Ukrainian Energy Ministry Website
2018-04-25 17:23

Hackers managed to compromise the Ukrainian energy ministry website, encrypt files, and post a ransom demand. read more

Ransomware Attack Hits Ukrainian Energy Ministry, Exploiting Drupalgeddon2
2018-04-24 18:34

The Ukrainian Energy Ministry has been hit by a ransomware attack – and for once it looks like this is the work of amateurs, not nation-state attackers bent on making a geopolitical point....

Ukrainian Suspected of Leading Carbanak Gang Arrested in Spain
2018-03-26 18:30

A Ukrainian national suspected of being the leader of a gang that used Carbanak malware to steal a significant amount of money from banks worldwide has been arrested in Spain, Europol and the...

Feds Dismantle Ukrainian's $530 Million Carding Empire
2018-02-08 13:18

'In Fraud We Trust' Was International 'Infraud Organization' SloganThe U.S. Department of Justice, in one of its biggest-ever cybercrime disruptions, shuttered Infraud Organization, an online...

Another Ukrainian software maker’s site compromised to spread malware (Help Net Security)
2017-08-24 18:29

The web server of Crystal Finance Millennium, a Ukraine-based accounting software firm, has been compromised and made to host different types of malware. The discovery of the compromise was...

Ukrainian Man Arrested, Charged in NotPetya Distribution (Threatpost)
2017-08-11 14:10

Ukranian police arrested a suspect alleged to have distributed the NotPetya/ExPetr malware that ultimately infected 400 computers.

Ukrainian Video-Blogger Arrested For Spreading Petya (NotPetya) Ransomware (The Hackers News)
2017-08-10 13:29

Ukrainian authorities have arrested a 51-year-old man accused of distributing the infamous Petya ransomware (Petya.A, also known as NotPetya) — the same computer virus that massively hit numerous...

[Video] Ukrainian Police Seize Servers of Software Firm Linked to NotPetya Cyberattack (The Hackers News)
2017-07-05 12:29

Ukrainian National Police has released a video showing officers raiding company of M.E.Doc accounting software makers, whose systems have been linked to outbreak of Petya (NotPetya) ransomware...

NotPetya Patient Zero: Ukrainian Accounting Software Vendor (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-04 15:33

Backdoored Software Facilitated Malware Attack, ESET FindsThe NotPetya outbreak - and XData ransomware before it - have been traced by security researchers at ESET to backdoored M.E. Doc...

Found: “Crash Override” malware that triggered Ukrainian power outage (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-12 21:05

Attack tools can be used against a broad range of electric grids around the world.