Users of Ukraine’s DELTA military system targets of information stealing malware
Users of Ukraine’s DELTA military system are being targeted by information-stealing malware, with phishing emails and messages originating from a compromised Ukrainian Ministry of Defense email account. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine has alerted military forces about the attack, which aims to infect computers for data theft. The DELTA system, created by Ukraine and partners, assists in tracking hostile forces’ movements. No known threat actors have been connected to this operation yet.
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) revealed that users of the DELTA situational awareness program were receiving phishing emails and instant messages from a compromised email account at the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. The emails and messages were intended to infect computers with malware that steals information.
CERT-UA alerted Ukrainian military forces about the malware attack. The team had not linked the identified operation to any known threat actors yet.
DELTA was developed by Ukraine and its partners as an intelligence collection and management system to aid the military in tracking the movements of hostile forces.