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Ukraine & Russian Conflict

Caute_cautim — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:07:11 GMT

Hi All

This is a perspective based on the current conflict with the Ukraine and Russia and the implications across the world.

https://securitybrief.co.nz/story/five-cyber-threat-trends-and-what-they-mean-to-your-business

What does it mean for your business?

Are you prepared?

Does your management understand the threats and the potential impacts?

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Cybersecurity risks of an escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict?

dcontesti — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:35:49 GMT

This is an interview with Robert Lee of Dragos, regarding the potential Cybersecurity Risks associated with the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpM_x7lpGN8

He cautions that OT/ICS/CIS could be at risk.

If you have five minutes, it is a good interview.

HermeticWiper | New Destructive Malware Used In Cyber Attacks on Ukraine

Caute_cautim — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:07:10 GMT

Hi All

Due to circumstance beyond our control and apparently G7, NATO with the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, suddenly new tools are brought to the fore and techniques.

It is important you keep a close watch on the circumstances, and how it may impact many organisations around the world, as this descructive malware is used and possible aimed at nations as well.

Keep a good watch on developments. Many of us have never witnessed a live cyber-war, lets hope it does not descend into a world wide one.

https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/hermetic-wiper-ukraine-under-attack/

Another update and analysis:

https://securityintelligence.com/posts/new-destructive-malware-cyber-attacks-ukraine/

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: HermeticWiper | New Destructive Malware Used In Cyber Attacks on Ukraine

dcontesti — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 21:39:25 GMT

Great article, thanks.

In addition, folks might want to read:

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-beware-move-three-in-the-russia-ukraine-crisis-20220222-4amtmcmi3fc6vhudtavlvx7ntq-story.html

Regards

Anticipating and Preparing for Russian Cyber Activity??

dcontesti — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 21:53:58 GMT

Mandiant has posted a Brighttalk webcast related to the potential of Cyber attacks by Russia which includes some conversation related to Sandworm (NotPetya).

https://www.mandiant.com/resources/insights/ukraine-crisis-resource-center

Regards

Anonymous Hackers Launch Cyber Ops Against Russia

dcontesti — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:27:41 GMT

Apparently the Ukraine government has asked for hackers to help protect their cyber space.

https://www.reuters.com/world/exclusive-ukraine-calls-hacker-underground-defend-against-russia-2022-02-24/

And it seems that Anonymous may be responding.

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/cybersecurity/anonymous-hackers-launch-cyber-ops-against-russia-claim-government-site-takedowns/

and a second article

https://www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10549849/amp/Hacking-collective-Anonymous-declares-cyber-war-against-Vladimir-Putins-government.html

Re: Anonymous Hackers Launch Cyber Ops Against Russia

Caute_cautim — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:33:12 GMT

Hi All

Another interesting angle has turned up upon research, that of Supply Chains and Russia's strategy to control Wheat supplies, which may have longer term issues to many countries dependent on supplies from Ukraine.

https://irconsilium.com/ukraine-is-not-enough-just-the-beginning-of-russias-assault-on-the-world/

The analysis is an interesting read, what do you think?

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: Anonymous Hackers Launch Cyber Ops Against Russia

mosorezu — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 02:58:52 GMT

@dcontesti wrote:
Apparently the Ukraine government has asked for hackers to help protect their cyber space.

https://www.reuters.com/world/exclusive-ukraine-calls-hacker-underground-defend-against-russia-2022-02-24/

And it seems that Anonymous may be responding.

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/cybersecurity/anonymous-hackers-launch-cyber-ops-against-russia-claim-government-site-takedowns /

and a second article

https://www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10549849/amp/Hacking-collective-Anonymous-declares-cyber-war-against-Vladimir-Putins-government.html

I think they are ready to ask even the devil for help.

Re: Anonymous Hackers Launch Cyber Ops Against Russia

Caute_cautim — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:49:42 GMT

Hi All

Now this is an impact probably most people and organisations did not expect: Ukraine holds half the world's Neon supplies for the manufacturing of Semiconductor chips:

https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-chip-shortage-neon/?bxid=5cc9e0b62ddf9c1a7add2e37&cndid=48488471&esrc=desktopInterstitialF&mbid=mbid%3DCRMWIR012019%0A%0A&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_content=WIR_Daily_New_030122&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_New_030122&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=new-P1

What impact will this have, if the Russian's take over the country and the delays caused to projects and the ordering of hardware globally?

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: Anonymous Hackers Launch Cyber Ops Against Russia

Caute_cautim — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:54:29 GMT

@dcontestiWell Conti apparently have sided with the Russians, and are prepared to attack the Western Nations, if they mount cybersecurity attacks against Russia.

https://threatpost.com/ukraine-russia-cyber-warzone-splits-cyber-underground/178693/

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: Ukraine & Russian Conflict

jbuitron — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 22:26:23 GMT

An article in Forbes Magazine online today noted that attacks\incoming incidents from Russia have risen by approximately 800% in the past week.

thanks,

Dr. J. S. Buitron, DCS, MSIA, CISSP

Doctor of Computer Science\Cybersecurity

Masters in Information Assurance\Cybersecurity

Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Lead Cyber Engineer at L3Harris

Russian Troops are using unencrypted radio channels because of lack of training . .

jbuitron — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:07:20 GMT

. . So the Ukrainians know exactly where the untrained, and nearly unaware Russian soldiers are, can anticipate their every move.

What a way to run a 'war!' Looks like this will be a short conflict. Another item, the young Russian men were supplied with MREs (Meals, Ready to Eat) that expired in the 1980s. Those meals are inedible, leaving the soldiers starving. And everyone knows that an army 'marches on its stomach!'

So I have read stories of how 11 Ukrainian moms are capturing the hungry Russian soldiers with food! Again, hospitality wins wars!

It looks like the only real fighting is going on over the internet, which means job security for us cyber pros.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/chat_attachment/ADMKScfUW4A5ipEOqkJk9a6_-SIEGbBLUqM-L5zKuyR4hy3Ubv-2YU4ANalUI6dJIdeKqfkb1JU7EIQvZmeSu6n3wpmug_tij5DdHXUIOwDUdBw8_neNe5Dg1iCWdZMwu46uFfFXjQoyZda4ne6VAqC-fPonNTNHHgxXDJbVCqcPm5-ls_SKsY6PbKXVRWyEjfEwZSJm8nl0prM1cdUL_dPYaSYZq1zjvjYmBtPU5earo5J7pnMvTMNSUMD54B-i5x_Tv06O9kauPLDNdB9rXw=w1080-h1593

Dr. J. Shuyler Buitron, DCS

Doctorate of Computer Science in CyberSecurity

Master's of Science in CyberSecurity, Valedictorian

MSIA, CISSP, MCSE ITIL v3, v2, Network+ IBM Power Systems certified for AIX and Linux

Re: Russian Troops are using unencrypted radio channels because of lack of training . .

tmekelburg1 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:34:21 GMT

It takes fairly good coordination to get everyone synced up using encrypted radios, especially if they're rotating keys on a consistent basis for better security. With how it's going so far I'm not surprised to hear this.

Re: Ukraine & Russian Conflict

Caute_cautim — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:00:14 GMT

Hi All

An interesting perspective revealed, as to the intent of Russia and apparently aggession against NATO:

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/03/01/ukraine-is-just-the-beginning-secret-document-reveals-putins-long-war-on-europe/

Apparently thanks for WikiLeaks.

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: Ukraine & Russian Conflict

Caute_cautim — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 21:11:34 GMT

Hi All

You may find the following resources useful for seeing what is going on with the current conflict and how it may affect organisations and how to prepare to handle them, should they occur.

https://www.ibm.com/security/resources/crisis-management

These resources are free, you may have to create a unique ID and Password to gain access to them.

They should be invaluable to all, to provide additional insights to the community,.

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: Ukraine & Russian Conflict [Here's a comprehensive update from DHS on Russian Hacks and Attacks

RodneyVa2020 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:38:25 GMT

check out:

www.cisa.gov/shields-up

This is a US Gov't site under the Department of Homeland Security that provides continuously updated information on known Russian cyber-attack methods used against Ukraine and/or other European countries.

They also produced the following product-specific vulnerability list that is sortable and also downloadable in CSV, JSON.

www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

While these aren't necessarily being exploited by Russia, earlier this year, CISA noted that with increased friction between the US and Russia you can expect to see every known vulnerability to be attacked on an increased frequency and intensity.

Re: Ukraine & Russian Conflict

Da — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:57:19 GMT

Hi to all

Massive DDOS attack demonstrate importance of DDOS protection

https://tadviser.com/index.php/Article:DDoS_attacks_in_Russia#Dozens_of_cyber_attacks_with_a_capacity_of_1_TB.2Fs_hit_the_portal_of_State_Services

Not only state systems, business is under attack too.

Be prepared.

Vladimir.

Re: Ukraine & Russian Conflict

AndreaMoore — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:47:55 GMT

To better understand how cybersecurity professionals are assessing the situation, we conducted a poll of (ISC)² members.

More than 260 (ISC)²-certified cybersecurity professionals from 41 countries participated, including Ukraine and the Russian Federation. They represent 33 different industries, with the most in financial services, followed by IT services and healthcare. These are their insights.

What Concerns Cyber Pros Most About the Invasion of Ukraine?

New blog posted to (ISC)² blog related to this topic (and links back to this conversation thread on the blog as well).

What are your biggest concerns? Are they the same mentioned in the blog?

Re: Ukraine & Russian Conflict

Caute_cautim — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 23:45:19 GMT

@AndreaMoore I think the Blog captures the main issues that organisations are feeling at the moment.

However, unfortunately this underground cyber-war has been fought for many years prior to this conflict, based on who can find Zero Days, and obtain top dollar for them, before they are shutdown and brought to public notice. A entire economic business has been created.

This conflict is bringing out the dirty laundry, with even Hacking organisations actually known to be supporting the Russians, being attacked and their data being released by other, so called ethical groups.

Behind the scenes, it has already been stated by the cybersecurity arm of NATO, that Ukraine is already a member due to the cybersecurity attacks. China has gone very quiet, but if Russian hackers don't have the skills, then you can bet that the Chinese have these skills, and are supporting the Russians in the background.

However, a lot of this is out of the public eye, deliberately.

Now we see another set of issues coming up with DeDollarisation issues over who will sell Russian Oil and a group of three is being established between Russia, China and now India - an entire monetary system could be created in competition with existing Global systems. There is a great deal at stake here and it is moving very fast. There are greater issues with wide implications, not just the potential for WWII - this is a game on a global playing field. What a superb time to play it, whilst the pandemic keeps playing in the background.

The implications are frightening.

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: Ukraine & Russian Conflict

Caute_cautim — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 22:50:17 GMT

Hi All

Now come the frightening repercussions of this conflict? Is the Health Sector prepared for a Wannacry-2?

https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/cybersecurity/data-breaches/blog/21262838/in-the-wake-of-russian-attacks-how-can-healthcare-prepare-for-a-wannacry-2

Regards

Caute_Cautim