Remcos software deployed in spying attempt on Ukraine’s government, CERT says

In a recent phishing campaign against Ukrainian government agencies, hackers attempted to install Remcos surveillance software on victims’ computers, according to a recent alert.

Remcos is a legitimate remote management software for Windows systems developed by the German firm Breaking Security. However, it is sometimes used by hackers to gain remote access and complete control over victims’ computers.

The bogus emails contained a malicious file reminding recipients to pay for services from Ukrtelecom, a major Ukrainian internet service provider, according …

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