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Another year of CERT Polska’s activities is behind us. It was a special one, as it marked the end of the third decade of our operations – we are celebrating our 30th anniversary! The year 2025 was a time full of challenges, growth, and a comprehensive approach to shaping cybersecurity – from proactive threat detection, through handling reports and responding to incidents, to sharing knowledge and building public awareness.

CERT Polska analyzed a Booking themed Android malware chain delivered through phishing and a fake update website. The sample is a multistage dropper that installs a hidden accessibility controlled RAT with WebSocket C2.

CERT Polska has analyzed an SGB-branded Android malware sample from the FvncBot campaign targeting Poland. The app installs a second-stage implant, coerces the victim into enabling accessibility, and registers the device to a backend that issues per-device credentials.

We assisted a large organisation in the investigation and remediation of a live malware infection caused by a successful Fake Captcha attack. In this report, we summarize our observations and publish an in-depth malware analysis.

CERT Polska presents a report on the analysis of an incident in the energy sector that occurred on 29 December 2025. The attacks were destructive in nature and targeted wind and photovoltaic farms, a large combined heat and power plant, and a company from the manufacturing sector. The publication aims to raise awareness of the risks associated with sabotage in cyberspace.

CERT Polska has observed new samples of mobile malware in recent months associated with an NFC Relay (NGate) attack targeting users of Polish banks.

CERT Polska is observing a malicious email campaign conducted by the UNC1151 group against Polish entities, exploiting a vulnerability in the Roundcube software.

In this article we describe a basic deobfuscation technique by leveraging a code snippet substitution.

Another year of CERT Polska’s activities is behind us. An absolutely record-breaking year, if we take into account practically all the statistics cited in our previous reports. Behind these numbers is the daily work of experts who care for the safety of Poles online every day. This year’s report is about this work, the key challenges we face and the threats we analyse.

The problem of scammers exploiting social media platforms continues to persist. Meta has yet to fulfill all the recommendations made last year by experts from the CERT Polska team at NASK, which were intended to enhance the safety of Polish social media users.