Cyberwar

Australian firm opens office in Kyiv to train cyber warriors

Internet 2.0, an internationally-renowned Australian cybersecurity company, will train Ukrainian war veterans to ward off hackers as part of the nation’s defense efforts. Visiting Ukraine in December 2022, the company’s CEO Robert Potter signed an MoU with the ministry of digital transformation, according to media reports. He announced the opening of an office in Kyiv, aiming to support …

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Preparing for a Russian cyber offensive against Ukraine this winter

In the wake of Russian battlefield losses to Ukraine this fall, Moscow has intensified its multi-pronged hybrid technology approach to pressure the sources of Kyiv’s military and political support, domestic and foreign. This approach has included destructive missile and cyber strikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, cyberattacks on Ukrainian and now foreign-based supply chains, and …

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How tens of thousands of cyber-volunteers are moving Ukraine closer to victory

A long-read from Institute Artist describes the activity of Ukrainian “information partisans” who get immersed among anonymous users on social network and comment sections of online media. Their mission is to “stir trouble on the other side, get information and sow disinformation.” Among these cyber volunteers is Tania, who gets acquainted with Russian soldiers involved …

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How Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary fighters steal cryptocurrency through Ukrainian charity sites — and use it to fund the war

The paramilitary group Rusich is one of multiple Russian far-right and neo-Nazi organizations that have fought in the war in Ukraine. Because it’s not an official part of the Russian Armed Forces, Rusich has had to find alternative ways of funding its members’ military equipment and medical needs — and has found the perfect solution in cryptocurrency. Meduza special correspondent …

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Ukrainian hacker group Hdr0: “We aim to destroy Russian supply lines so that Russians can feel the war for themselves”

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.  …

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Belarusian Cyber Partisans: “Without a free Ukraine, there is no chance for an independent Belarus”

Hours after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, an unexpected announcement was released online: A special hacker unit called “Tactical group of Belarus” had formed and was joining the fight against Russia. Making the announcement was a hacktivist collective called Belarusian Cyber Partisans (BCP) who emerged during Belarus’ violent protests in …

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Microsoft draws “early lessons from the cyberwar” between Russia and Ukraine

Today Microsoft published a new intelligence report, 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 …

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Excellent backups are Ukraine’s secret cyber-defense against Russia

The Kremlin-backed cyberattack against satellite communications provider Viasat, which happened on Feb. 24 an hour before Russia invaded Ukraine, was “one of the biggest cyber events that we have seen, perhaps ever, and certainly in warfare,” according to Dmitri Alperovitch, a co-founder and former CTO of CrowdStrike and chair of security-centric think tank Silverado Policy …

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Ukraine disrupts attempt by Russian hackers to take down energy provider

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disrupted an attempt by Sandworm, a hacking group known to work for Russia’s military intelligence, to take down a Ukrainian energy provider.  The Russia-backed hacking group attempted to disconnect the unnamed provider’s electrical substations using a new version of the infamous Industroyer malware, CERT-UA said in a security …

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Amateur open-source researchers went viral unpacking the war in Ukraine

Under the pseudonym Intel Crab, University of Alabama sophomore Justin Peden has become an unlikely source of information about the unfolding Ukraine-Russia war. From his dorm room, the 20-year-old sifts through satellite images, TikTok videos, and security feeds, sharing findings like troop movements and aircraft models with more than 220,000 followers on Twitter. Peden said that …

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Ukraine takes resistance to cyberspace, assembles ‘IT army’ to hack Russian sites

 While the G7 (today with the addition of Japan) mobilize to shut down Russia’s access to the Swift banking system, the country has been running campaign corralling developers to join an “IT army” tasked with specific cyber challenges. It’s also making specific calls to technology leaders to do their part. The “IT Army of Ukraine“, announced yesterday and already …

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