Security experts spotted Russian hackers leveraging the WinRAR archiving program
to spread wiper malware on Ukrainian state networks in a bid to destroy critical
data on government devices and disrupt services.
to spread wiper malware on Ukrainian state networks in a bid to destroy critical
data on government devices and disrupt services.
In a security advisory describing the hackers’ methods, Ukraine’s Computer
Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) said they breached the state network by
exploiting compromised VPN accounts that lacked multi-factor authentication.
Once inside, perpetrators deployed scripts designed to wipe f
