NEW: #Cyberattacks on #Ukraine's gvt & military between February-August "more than doubled, increasing by a staggering 112%" per new report from @CheckPointSW
"#Ukraine has been under constant attack – throughout the conflict, corporate networks have experienced over 1,500 cyberattacks a week on average" per @CheckPointSW report
"Gvt & military networks & websites have implemented different measures to limit access to their resources from outside of Russia, which make the execution of some of the attacks more difficult"
#Russia cyber ops "have focused on a campaign of disruption and destruction, with government and state-sponsored APT groups conducting sophisticated operations that have ranged from critical infrastructure attacks to espionage missions" per @CheckPointSW
"For the 1st time we’ve also seen coordination between cyberattacks & kinetic military assaults" per @CheckPointSW "...March 1st when a #Russia|n missile assault on #Kyiv’s TV tower coincided w/a simultaneous cyberattack designed to knock out the city’s broadcasting capabilities"
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New: #Ukraine bracing for new round of #Russia|n cyber attacks targeting its energy, financial sectors, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Georgii Dubynskyi tells reporters
"We saw this scenario before-before the winter they [#Russia] are trying to find a way how to undermine, how to defeat our energy system & how to make circumstances even more severe for Ukrainians" per Dubynskyi
"We repel 99% of #Russia|n attacks on a daily basis" he says
#Ukraine has a vision for an "army of drones" - "Drones are a game-changer" per @FedorovMykhailo
Fedorov says future wars will be fought more with drones than w/people
"#Ukraine has proved to be one of the world's strongest #cyber states" per @FedorovMykhailo, while also asking for continued support in a prerecorded video presentation for @BillingtonCyber
#Election2022 interference not just virtual anymore - "What we're starting to see is potentially physical security issues" at the polling place even, @CISAgov's @KimWyman12 tells @BillingtonCyber
"Microsoft assessed with high confidence that multiple Iranian actors participated in this attack—with different actors responsible for distinct phases"
- DEV-0842 deployed the ransomware and wiper malware
- DEV-0861 gained initial access and exfiltrated data
- DEV-0166 exfiltrated data
- DEV-0133 probed victim infrastructure
"The actors involved in gaining initial access and exfiltrating data in the attack are linked to EUROPIUM, which has been publicly linked to #Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)" per @Microsoft
"#Putin's bet, I think, is that he's going to be tougher than the #Ukrainians & the #Europeans & the Americans...Europeans facing what's going to be a difficult winter with high energy prices are going to lose resolve" per @CIA's Burns
"#Putin is as wrong about that bet as he was profoundly wrong in his assumptions going back to last February abt the Ukrainian will to resist & the will of the West, of the United States & all of our partners to support the Ukrainians" per @CIA's Burns