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Sep 9 12 tweets 9 min read
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
#Russia also trying to employ "precision" #cyberattacks

"Using social engineering & using some traitors...so it's also possible #hybrid attacks as well" per Dubynskyi
#Russia's pursuit of #cyberweapons - "We cannot compare it with nuclear weapon but the effectiveness of that is enough" per Dubynskyi
#Russia|n #Malware like #FoxBlade, #SandWorm, #WhisperGate & #ransomware "destructive enough to be classified as a weapon" per #Ukraine's Dubynskyi
#Russia "They are developing classical operations, using not only cyber, not only software, also using some human resources...so we are talking abt some full-scale operations" per #Ukraine's Dubynskyi

"In our case, it is full-scale operations in frame of the ongoing invasion"
"We are preparing" for the next wave of #Russia|n cyberattacks, per #Ukraine's Dubynskyi

"We are working very hard w/out partners how to reserve, how to duplicate our telecommunication channels" he adds, noting Russia's destruction of fiberoptic cables in Ukraine
#Ukraine embedding #cybersecurity officers & digital technology offices in all the country's regions - schooled in how to respond in case of a #cyberattack, per Dubynskyi

"It's very important for people to know what to do in this case"
Next wave of #Russia|n #cyberattacks - "We're afraid the attacks will be concerted - it will be #cyber & kinetic attacks" per Dubynskyi
#Ukraine - "We need some more training for our #cyber forces, more training for our special agencies" per Dubynskyi

Thanks US gvt for "massive support" on cyber but "we will need more" for critical infrastructure, he says
#Russia - "we do not believe they are alone" in their #cyber efforts, per #Ukraine's Dubynskyi

Says #Kremlin is at least using criminals -"not only in Russia"- to integrate #ransomware attacks
#Russia's lack of battlefield success may be scaring off hackers who would work w/#Moscow

"We blv that many of them are scared & that many of them are scared what is going on in Russia" per Dubynskyi "For hackers & IT experts freedom is 1 of the dimension of their existence"

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More from @jseldin

Sep 9
#Russia-#Ukraine - "This is the world's 1st #cyber war" #Ukraine Minister of Digital Transformation @FedorovMykhailo tells @BillingtonCyber via prerecorded video

"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
Read 14 tweets
Sep 8
#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
#Election2022 facing supply shortage challenges

"Paper of that sort [used for US elections] is in high demand worldwide...capacity is low" per @smartmatic Dir of Global Services, Certification
.@smartmatic's Smith also worried about #disinformation
Read 10 tweets
Sep 8
NEW: Pentagon has more work to do to better respond to #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, per new @USGAO National Security Snapshot

@DeptofDefense "could better plan & prioritize European posture & deterrence through the European Deterrence Initiative..."
"... including estimating long-term costs to sustain prepositioned equipment and other infrastructure
projects" per @USGAO
Other areas @DeptofDefense could improve, per @USGAO:

"DOD does not have effective metrics to measure readiness in each of the five warfighting domains"

and

"DOD could improve leadership and integration of information operations across the department"
Read 5 tweets
Sep 8
Multiple #Iran cyber actors behind mid-July #cyberattack on #Albania, per @Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence

"Microsoft assessed with high confidence that multiple Iranian actors participated in this attack—with different actors responsible for distinct phases"
Per @Microsoft:

- 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

#Iran-#Albania
"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
Read 5 tweets
Sep 8
"We're now six months into a very tough slog of a war" per @CIA's Burns

"I would not underestimate the capacity or the courage of the #Ukrainians right now..."
"#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
Read 6 tweets
Sep 8
NEW: US intel sensed #Russia|n President Vladimir #Putin's growing "sense of destiny & appetite for risk" in the run-up to his invasion of #Ukraine, @CIA Director William Burns tells @BillingtonCyber

Credits good intel with helping to bolster Western soli
NEW: "I would not underestimate the capability or capacity of the #Ukrainians" per @CIA's Burns

Putin betting he can wear down the West - which Burns says "is as wrong about that bet as he was profoundly wrong in his assumptions" prior to this past February
.@CIA's Burns warns the best way to lose good intelligence "is to be reckless how you handle it", talking about carefully declassifying some secrets to push back vs #Russia prior to invasion of #Ukraine
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