DanaBot Launches DDoS Attack Against the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense

Key Points

A threat actor using DanaBot has launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s webmail server.

The DDoS attack was launched by leveraging DanaBot to deliver a second-stage malware payload using the download and execute command.

It is unclear whether this is an act of individual hacktivism, state-sponsored, or possibly a false flag operation.

DanaBot, first discovered in 2018, is a malware-as-a-service platform where threat actors, known as affiliates are identified by …

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