Shaping the battlefield. Darius, king of Persia, did it in 331bc, with caltrops strewn where he thought his enemy Alexander the Great would advance. The Allies did it in 1944, with dummy aircraft and landing craft intended to fool Germany’s high command into thinking their invasion of France would be in the Pas de Calais, …
Why Russia’s cyber-war in Ukraine has been intense, but not always effective Read More
In mid-September, the Ukrainian hacker group Hdr0 attacked the website of Mosoblenergo, a Russian state energy service provider. The hackers put on the home page a picture of Oleksiy Danilov, a high-ranking Ukrainian defense official, walking on the Red Square while the Kremlin was on fire. The hackers also obtained the database of company employees. …
What key lessons can we draw from the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine about the role of cyber operations in military conflict? How do Russian cyber operations differ in wartime compared to peacetime activity? And what cyber activity can we expect in the months ahead? On 30 May, the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative (ECCRI) …
Report: Lessons learned from cyber operations during the Russian invasion of Ukraine Read More
Kaspersky Labs has acquired a 15% stake in Motive Neuromorphic Technologies (Motive NT) for “ few dozens of millions or rubles” (hundreds of thousand USD), according to media reports last week. Established in 2017, this company processes visual information using deep neural networks. It creates software and hardware systems to recognize objects or people on …
The Biden administration ramped up a national security probe into Russia’s AO Kaspersky Lab antivirus software earlier this year amid heightened fears of Russian cyberattacks after Moscow invaded Ukraine, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The case was referred to the Commerce Department by the Department of Justice last year, a fourth person …
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The United States said on Wednesday that it had secretly removed malware from computer networks around the world in recent weeks, a step to pre-empt Russian cyberattacks and send a message to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The move, made public by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, comes as U.S. officials warn that Russia …
How US secretly removed malware worldwide, pre-empting Russian cyberattacks Read More
Hackivist group ‘Anonymous’ claimed Thursday its affiliate group Black Rabbit World (@Thblckrbbtworld) had leaked 35,000 files from Russia’s central bank. The group exposed the stolen files — 28 GB of data — Friday evening, sharing two links to the file hosting service Mega NZ. The folders contain Office and TXT files. Most documents are written in Cyrillic, some are in English. …
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine not only threatens to upend the world geopolitical order, it’s also affecting several different business sectors, notably cybersecurity. For days before and even during the invasion, several Ukrainian government and financial sites experienced hacks and disruptions. There have been reports that the FBI has also asked U.S. businesses to be on the watch …
Cybersecurity investment rises amid Russian invasion of Ukraine Read More
“The largest DDoS attack in Ukraine’s history,” according to the digital transformation minister Mykhailo Fyodorov, took place this past Tuesday, Feb. 15 — just one month after a previous attack. The attack targeted the websites of the defense ministry and armed forces as well as two of Ukraine’s two largest banks – PrivatBank and Oschadbank. Starting at 3pm that day, …
Russia has dismantled ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States in an operation in which it detained and charged the group’s members, the FSB domestic intelligence service said on Friday. The United States welcomed the arrests, according to a senior admininstration official, adding “we understand that one of the individuals who was arrested today was …
Russia takes down REvil hacking group at US request — FSB Read More
VK is launching a new program designed to protect users and their data – VK Protect. The program will bring together all technical solutions that provide protection within the VK ecosystem, and will also assist users in managing their privacy and using tools to protect their information. “We are working on a comprehensive system to improve …
VK launches information security system overhaul and user data protection program update Read More
Ilya Sachkov, the top cybersecurity businessman who was arrested under charges of “state treason” in late September, has claimed he is innocent and asked President Putin to be transferred from jail to house arrest during the investigation. Excerpts of his letter to Putin were shared with Forbes Russia by Sachkov’s lawyer Sergey Afanasyev. “I think this is a …
