- Category
- Targeted, sponsor unknown · Targeted intrusions with no sponsor attributed.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Sources
- 3 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-1005 · uac-0185
What it is
UAC-0185 has been active since at least 2022, primarily targeting Ukrainian defense organizations through credential theft via messaging apps like Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp, as well as military systems such as DELTA, TENETA, and Kropyva. The group employs phishing attacks, often impersonating the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (UUIE), to gain unauthorized access to the PCs of defense sector employees. They utilize custom tools, including MESHAGENT and UltraVNC, to facilitate their operations. Their activities are mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, focusing on tactics related to credential theft and remote access.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Mandiant
- UNC4221
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Agent.btz
- Remote Utilities
- RemoteCMD
- RemotePC
- Ultra VNC
Sources
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de