From The Hacker News – CERT-UA Reports Cyberattacks Targeting Ukrainian State Systems with WRECKSTEEL Malware
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From The Hacker News – CERT-UA Reports Cyberattacks Targeting Ukrainian State Systems with WRECKSTEEL Malware

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has revealed that no less than three cyber attacks were recorded against state administration bodies and critical infrastructure facilities in the country with an aim to steal sensitive data. The campaign, the agency said, involved the use of compromised email accounts to send phishing messages containing links pointing to legitimate
From The Hacker News – VSCode Marketplace Removes Two Extensions Deploying Early-Stage Ransomware
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From The Hacker News – VSCode Marketplace Removes Two Extensions Deploying Early-Stage Ransomware

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two malicious extensions in the Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace that are designed to deploy ransomware that's under development to its users. The extensions, named "ahban.shiba" and "ahban.cychelloworld," have since been taken down by the marketplace maintainers. Both the extensions, per ReversingLabs, incorporate code that's designed to invoke a