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Oh, wonderful :(
"A hacking group linked to the Russian government [...] likely used a malware implant on Android devices to track and target Ukrainian artillery units from late 2014 through 2016, according to a new report released Thursday.
The malware was able to retrieve communications and some locational data from infected devices, intelligence that would have likely been used to strike against the artillery in support of pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine"
"Downloads of the legitimate app were promoted on pages used by Ukrainian artillery on vKontakte, a Russian social media website, CrowdStrike said. There is no evidence the application was made available in the Android app store, limiting its distribution, the firm said."
vKontakte, my arse.
Is this what I think it is? A dude uploads an apk on vk, KGB says "THANK YOU VERY MUCH IDIOTS" & poisons the apk, which gets downloaded later on by a naïve Ukrainian soldier to his phone.
:(
Sometimes I think that Ukrainians are hopeless.
Attachments:
"A hacking group linked to the Russian government [...] likely used a malware implant on Android devices to track and target Ukrainian artillery units from late 2014 through 2016, according to a new report released Thursday.
The malware was able to retrieve communications and some locational data from infected devices, intelligence that would have likely been used to strike against the artillery in support of pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine"
"Downloads of the legitimate app were promoted on pages used by Ukrainian artillery on vKontakte, a Russian social media website, CrowdStrike said. There is no evidence the application was made available in the Android app store, limiting its distribution, the firm said."
vKontakte, my arse.
Is this what I think it is? A dude uploads an apk on vk, KGB says "THANK YOU VERY MUCH IDIOTS" & poisons the apk, which gets downloaded later on by a naïve Ukrainian soldier to his phone.
:(
Sometimes I think that Ukrainians are hopeless.
Attachments:
Russian hackers tracked Ukrainian artillery units using Android implant: report
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