Windows Pop-Up Malware Targeting Ukraine

The computer emergency response team of Ukraine issued a warning that the russian backed apt 28 began targeting various government bodies with malicious emails these messages pose as system admins and offer instructions on updating windows against further attacks. The attackers use real employee names with an at outlook.com email address to attempt to fool users. A recent google threat analysis group report estimates about 60 percent of all phishing messages targeting Ukraine and q1 came from russian actors western digi okay no surprise right Ukraine is being like russia's attacking Ukraine right now so it's no surprise that there has been a massive uptick in targeting Ukrainian citizens especially government entities or government citizens working in government entities in ukraine.