Ghostwriter Targets Ukraine Government Entities with Prometheus Phishing Malware

The Belarus-aligned threat actor known as Ghostwriter (aka UAC-0057 and UNC1151) has been observed using lures related to Prometheus, a Ukrainian online learning platform, to target government organizations in the country. The activity, per the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA), involves sending phishing emails to government entities using compromised accounts. It's been

Report facts: Ghostwriter (aka UAC-0057/UNC1151) is using Prometheus-themed phishing lures against Ukrainian government entities, delivering JavaScript-based malware and a final payload assessed as Cobalt Strike.[1][2] The campaign uses compromised accounts, decoy documents, registry-based payload staging, and host profiling to support data theft and follow-on access.[1][2] CyberSE.AI analysis: this is primarily a state-linked phishing and malware operation rather than an AI-specific incident, so it maps best to broader malicious AI-use monitoring and red-teaming controls only if the organization is assessing AI-enabled phishing defense or automated detection workflows.