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Russia-linked UAC-0184 target Ukrainian entities in Finland with malicious software.

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In February 2024, Morphisec reported on a cyber campaign by the threat actor UAC-0184 targeting Ukrainian entities, including organizations affiliated with Ukraine operating in Finland. The attacks involved the IDAT Loader, which delivered the Remcos Remote Access Trojan (RAT), a malware capable of remotely controlling infected computers and stealing information. The campaign used phishing emails and sophisticated defense-evasion techniques, notably steganography, in which malicious code was hidden inside an image file and extracted during the infection process. Morphisec detected and prevented multiple attacks in the first weeks of January 2024, before a related threat was publicly documented by Ukraine’s CERT-UA. The researchers also identified techniques such as code injection and “module stomping” to conceal the malware, while noting that the exact identities of the targeted Ukrainian entities could not be disclosed.

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Finland
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    In February 2024, Morphisec reported on a cyber campaign by the threat actor UAC-0184 targeting Ukrainian entities, including organizations affiliated with Ukraine operating in Finland. The attacks involved the IDAT Loader, which delivered the Remcos Remote Access Trojan (RAT), a malware capable of remotely controlling infected computers and stealing information. The campaign used phishing emails and sophisticated defense-evasion techniques, notably steganography, in which malicious code was hidden inside an image file and extracted during the infection process. Morphisec detected and prevented multiple attacks in the first weeks of January 2024, before a related threat was publicly documented by Ukraine’s CERT-UA. The researchers also identified techniques such as code injection and “module stomping” to conceal the malware, while noting that the exact identities of the targeted Ukrainian entities could not be disclosed.