Faltering against Ukraine, Russian hackers resort to ransomware: Researchers
Both the quantity and quality of Russian attacks appear to be falling off, and the global cybersecurity picture is looking brighter, reports Google Cloud’s Mandiant branch.
Both the quantity and quality of Russian attacks appear to be falling off, and the global cybersecurity picture is looking brighter, reports Google Cloud’s Mandiant branch.
Cyber attacks on Ukraine surged in early 2022, but Russian hackers haven’t sustained that intensity, says a new report from Google's Mandiant researchers.
VMware's Tom Kellermann linked increasingly aggressive attacks to geopolitical tensions with Russia and Belarus.
"We aim to convey that, 'Hello, we are from the government, and we're here to help' is not a scary idea," the general joked, alluding to a famous quote by former President Reagan.
"Academics will sit back and say, 'Well, if you just did that and that and that, you would have avoided it.' But if there's no way to impose risk or consequences for [threat actors] doing it, your day is coming," Mandia said.
Threat actors are targeting one newly discovered and three previously known vulnerabilities in Pulse Connect Secure enterprise VPNs, according to a CISA emergency directive and alert, as well as blog posts by FireEye and Ivanti. "There is no indication the identified backdoors were introduced through a supply chain compromise of the company's network or software deployment process," FireEye noted.