Opening the file causes the computer to be infected with the AsyncRAT malware, which provides remote access to the device.
Hackers distribute e-mails with AsyncRAT malware to Ukrainian justice and notary authorities. This was reported by the State Service for Communications.
Emails contain attachments in the form of BZIP, GZIP or RAR archives. Opening the file causes the computer to be infected with the AsyncRAT malware, which provides remote access to the device.
It was noticed that the malicious messages had specific subjects and file names:
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Letter from the notary department of the Dnipropetrovsk region.rar;
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Note letter and implementation.cmd;
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MYU letter for notification and accounting in work.exe.bzip.
“CERT-UA has been monitoring malicious activity since the first quarter of 2023 using the identifier UAC-0173. It is possible that it may be related to the activities of UAC-0007 (BlackNotary – the so-called “black” notaries), “said of the State Special Communications Service.
Recall that Russian hackers tried to penetrate Ukrainian military networks.
Earlier, the State Service for Special Communications called on the military to increase the level of computer protection.
Source: korrespondent
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