Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The Guardian and the BBC are reporting a sharp increase in cyber warfare activity – with a particular type of “computer wiper” malware among the attacks unleashed at Ukraine. Russia unleashed data-wiper malware on Ukraine, say cyber experts | Ukraine | The Guardian Ukraine crisis: ‘Wiper’ discovered in latest cyber-attacks …
Xme over on SANS Internet Storm Centre has an interesting article highlighting the recently registered domains that could have a connection with the Russia Ukraine conflict. It also shows some of the content on these domains. Ukraine & Russia Situation From a Domain Names Perspective – SANS Internet Storm Centre …
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With the rapidly changing political situation around the world organisations have a responsibility to make sure their cyber security house is in order. Ukraine-Russia invasion: Russia launches attack on Ukraine from several fronts – BBC News This applies to all the systems and software you use – check now. WordPress …
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The CEO of National Cyber Security Centre, Lindy Cameron, has an article in the Daily Telegraph giving advice about cyber security in the light of the escalating situation between Ukraine and Russia. NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron urges UK organisations to take action – NCSC.GOV.UK As Ukraine tensions rise, UK organisations …
With global politicians trying to cool the situation between Russia and Ukraine a huge denial of service attack across multiple website is not good news. Flood of malicious junk traffic makes Ukrainian websites unreachable | Ars Technica DDoS attacks hit Ukrainian government websites – The Record by Recorded Future However …
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Ukrainian government calls out false flag operation in recent data wiping attack – The Record by Recorded Future This is a follow-up to this article: More cyber attacks targeted at Ukraine citizens and organisations – Smart Thinking Solutions
The action by Russia against the REvil ransomware gang has apparently had an impact on other cyber criminals: REvil gang member arrests strike fear among cybercriminals on the Dark Web – TechRepublic
