Russia Targets Ukraine With New Somnia Ransomware
During an investigation into the recent series of attacks against organizations in Ukraine, the CERT-UA discovered a new ransomware variant called Somnia. The government has attributed the attacks to the group ‘From Russia with Love’ (FRwL), allegedly a Pro-Russian hacker group. The attackers apparently used “Advanced IP Scanner” software as bait that, in fact, contained the Vidar stealer.