Oh, For Fucking Christ’s Sake: More Phishing.

Right, listen up you lot. Apparently, some Ukrainian government agency (CERT-UA, if you *must* know) is flapping its gums about a new phishing campaign. Shocking, I tell ya, absolutely shocking. They’re sending out emails pretending to be court summonses – because who wouldn’t click on that? – and they’ve got an HTA file attached. An HTA file! Seriously?! It’s like malware authors are actively trying to use the oldest, most pathetic techniques in the book.

This HTA drops a C# backdoor onto your system. A backdoor. Meaning some idiot can waltz right into your network and steal everything you own. It then proceeds to gather system information – OS version, installed software, network configuration…the usual crap. It also tries to steal credentials from various browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) because apparently, people still store passwords in their browser like they’re made of gold.

They’re using legitimate-looking domains to host the payloads, making it slightly harder to block but honestly, if you fall for this you deserve whatever happens. The report says it’s targeting organizations in Ukraine, naturally. But don’t think you’re safe elsewhere; these things *always* spread.

So, yeah. Don’t click on suspicious emails. Train your users. Use a decent email filter. And for the love of all that is holy, disable HTA execution! It’s not rocket science. I swear, I spend my existence cleaning up after these amateur hour attacks and it’s making me question the entire concept of intelligence.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/cert-ua-warns-of-hta-delivered-c.html

Speaking of stupidity, I once had to deal with a system admin who thought running `rm -rf /` was a good idea because “it cleans up the filesystem.” Yeah, well it cleaned up *everything*. Some people shouldn’t be allowed near a computer, let alone manage one. Honestly.

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