Russia’s Sandworm hackers attempted a third blackout in Ukraine
The attack was the first in five years to use Sandworm's Industroyer malware.
Sabotage: Code added to popular NPM package wiped files in Russia and Belarus | Ars Technica
When code with millions of downloads nukes user files, bad things can happen.
Crypto Donations to Ukraine Jumps to $20M
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, Chain.com CEO Deepak Thapliyal made significant donations to the humanitarian effort.
2022 Russia-Ukraine war — Cyber group tracker
A tracker to collate cyber groups engaged in cyber activities during the Russia-Ukraine war 2022.
Hacktivists Plot Attacks on Russia With Ukraine Government's Urging
Hackers are coming to Ukraine’s aid in an effort to target Russian government websites and officials with disruptive counterattacks, according to six people involved in the activity.
Ukraine links phishing targeting military to Belarusian hackers
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned today of a spearphishing campaign targeting private email accounts belonging to Ukrainian armed forces personnel.
New data-wiping malware used in destructive attacks on Ukraine
Cybersecurity firms have found a new data wiper used in destructive attacks today against Ukrainian networks just as Russia moves troops into regions of Ukraine.
Defending Ukraine: Early Lessons from the Cyber War
This report represents research conducted by Microsoft’s threat intelligence and data science teams with the goal of sharpening our understanding of the threat landscape in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The report also offers a series of lessons and conclusions resulting from the data gathered and analyzed. Notably, the report reveals new information about Russian efforts including an increase in network penetration and espionage activities amongst allied governments, non-profits and other organizations outside Ukraine. This report also unveils detail about sophisticated and widespread Russian foreign influence operations being used among other things, to undermine Western unity and bolster their war efforts. We are seeing these foreign influence operations enacted in force in a coordinated fashion along with the full range of cyber destructive and espionage campaigns. Finally, the report calls for a coordinated and comprehensive strategy to strengthen collective defenses – a task that will require the private sector, public sector, nonprofits and civil society to come together. The foreword of this new report, written by Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith, offers additional detail below.
Russia's APT28 uses fear of nuclear war to spread Follina docs in Ukraine
Threat actors associated with Russian intelligence are using the fear or nuclear war to spread data-stealing malware in Ukraine.
Russia’s Sandworm hackers attempted a third blackout in Ukraine
The attack was the first in five years to use Sandworm's Industroyer malware.
Sabotage: Code added to popular NPM package wiped files in Russia and Belarus | Ars Technica
When code with millions of downloads nukes user files, bad things can happen.
Crypto Donations to Ukraine Jumps to $20M
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, Chain.com CEO Deepak Thapliyal made significant donations to the humanitarian effort.
2022 Russia-Ukraine war — Cyber group tracker
A tracker to collate cyber groups engaged in cyber activities during the Russia-Ukraine war 2022.
Hacktivists Plot Attacks on Russia With Ukraine Government's Urging
Hackers are coming to Ukraine’s aid in an effort to target Russian government websites and officials with disruptive counterattacks, according to six people involved in the activity.
Ukraine links phishing targeting military to Belarusian hackers
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned today of a spearphishing campaign targeting private email accounts belonging to Ukrainian armed forces personnel.
New data-wiping malware used in destructive attacks on Ukraine
Cybersecurity firms have found a new data wiper used in destructive attacks today against Ukrainian networks just as Russia moves troops into regions of Ukraine.
Defending Ukraine: Early Lessons from the Cyber War
This report represents research conducted by Microsoft’s threat intelligence and data science teams with the goal of sharpening our understanding of the threat landscape in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The report also offers a series of lessons and conclusions resulting from the data gathered and analyzed. Notably, the report reveals new information about Russian efforts including an increase in network penetration and espionage activities amongst allied governments, non-profits and other organizations outside Ukraine. This report also unveils detail about sophisticated and widespread Russian foreign influence operations being used among other things, to undermine Western unity and bolster their war efforts. We are seeing these foreign influence operations enacted in force in a coordinated fashion along with the full range of cyber destructive and espionage campaigns. Finally, the report calls for a coordinated and comprehensive strategy to strengthen collective defenses – a task that will require the private sector, public sector, nonprofits and civil society to come together. The foreword of this new report, written by Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith, offers additional detail below.
Russia's APT28 uses fear of nuclear war to spread Follina docs in Ukraine
Threat actors associated with Russian intelligence are using the fear or nuclear war to spread data-stealing malware in Ukraine.
Russia’s Sandworm hackers attempted a third blackout in Ukraine
The attack was the first in five years to use Sandworm's Industroyer malware.
Sabotage: Code added to popular NPM package wiped files in Russia and Belarus | Ars Technica
When code with millions of downloads nukes user files, bad things can happen.
Crypto Donations to Ukraine Jumps to $20M
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, Chain.com CEO Deepak Thapliyal made significant donations to the humanitarian effort.
2022 Russia-Ukraine war — Cyber group tracker
A tracker to collate cyber groups engaged in cyber activities during the Russia-Ukraine war 2022.
Hacktivists Plot Attacks on Russia With Ukraine Government's Urging
Hackers are coming to Ukraine’s aid in an effort to target Russian government websites and officials with disruptive counterattacks, according to six people involved in the activity.
Ukraine links phishing targeting military to Belarusian hackers
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned today of a spearphishing campaign targeting private email accounts belonging to Ukrainian armed forces personnel.
New data-wiping malware used in destructive attacks on Ukraine
Cybersecurity firms have found a new data wiper used in destructive attacks today against Ukrainian networks just as Russia moves troops into regions of Ukraine.
The International Criminal Court Will Now Prosecute Cyberwar Crimes
FOR YEARS, SOME cybersecurity defenders and advocates have called for a kind of Geneva Convention for cyberwar, new international laws that would create clear consequences for anyone hacking civilian critical infrastructure, like power grids, banks, and hospitals. Now the lead prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at the Hague has made it clear that he intends to enforce those consequences—no new Geneva Convention required. Instead, he has explicitly stated for the first time that the Hague will investigate and prosecute any hacking crimes that violate existing international law, just as it does for war crimes committed in the physical world.
The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland’s Railway System
The sabotage of more than 20 trains in Poland by apparent supporters of Russia was carried out with a simple “radio-stop” command anyone could broadcast with $30 in equipment.
Inside the secret cyberwar against Putin’s regime
Breaches in Russia’s digital defences show the West is not alone in its vulnerability to hackers
Defending Ukraine: Early Lessons from the Cyber War
This report represents research conducted by Microsoft’s threat intelligence and data science teams with the goal of sharpening our understanding of the threat landscape in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The report also offers a series of lessons and conclusions resulting from the data gathered and analyzed. Notably, the report reveals new information about Russian efforts including an increase in network penetration and espionage activities amongst allied governments, non-profits and other organizations outside Ukraine. This report also unveils detail about sophisticated and widespread Russian foreign influence operations being used among other things, to undermine Western unity and bolster their war efforts. We are seeing these foreign influence operations enacted in force in a coordinated fashion along with the full range of cyber destructive and espionage campaigns. Finally, the report calls for a coordinated and comprehensive strategy to strengthen collective defenses – a task that will require the private sector, public sector, nonprofits and civil society to come together. The foreword of this new report, written by Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith, offers additional detail below.
Russia's APT28 uses fear of nuclear war to spread Follina docs in Ukraine
Threat actors associated with Russian intelligence are using the fear or nuclear war to spread data-stealing malware in Ukraine.