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BSI updates German cyber security situation after Russian attack
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

In view of the situation in Ukraine, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) continuously assesses the situation related to information security. It also assesses the cyber security situation in Germany. Furthermore, the BSI recognizes an abstractly increased threat situation for Germany. For the BSI, however, there is currently no acute immediate threat to information security in Germany in connection with the situation in Ukraine. According to the BSI, this rating can change at any time. Continued increased danger for Germany The BSI therefore continues to call on companies, organizations and authorities to...

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More targeted cyberattacks on Ukraine
More targeted cyberattacks on Ukraine

During the Russian invasion, another malicious program, IsaacWiper, appeared after HermeticWiper. They are aimed directly at Ukrainian organizations. In addition, attacks are carried out with the malware HermeticWizard for distribution in the local network and HermeticRansom as decoy ransomware. In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ESET researchers have discovered new wiper malware families used in targeted cyber attacks on Ukrainian organizations. The first cyberattack started a few hours before the Russian invasion with massive DDoS attacks against major Ukrainian websites. In the course of these attacks, some of the new type of malware was also…

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ViaSat: German wind turbines as collateral damage from a hack because of the Ukraine war
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

As Spiegel.de currently reports, the hack on the ViaSat satellite network seems to have been carried out in a very targeted manner. The background is probably the war in Ukraine, since the provider offers fast internet connections there. The network also controls thousands of German wind turbines. The hints of the mirror speak for a professional hack. Apparently, according to Spiegel.de, the provider ViaSat has been struggling with network failures since the beginning of the Russian attack on Ukraine. As a result, Internet coverage in Ukraine in particular is disrupted by the satellite service provider that offers its KA-SAT service there. However go…

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Ukraine war: Spam and phishing surges
AV TEST News

The fight for the freedom of Ukraine is also being waged on the Internet. The independent institute AV-TEST has registered a sharp increase in spam mails with phishing on its real-time portal AV-ATLAS. In one day, the increase was even 500 percent. “One day before the Russians invaded Ukraine, we registered a massive increase in spam emails. Two days earlier there was a significant increase in cyber attacks. Instead of a few tens of thousands of attempts, we registered hundreds of thousands for a short time,” says Maik Morgenstern, CEO of the cyber security institute AV-TEST. Lots of spam emails with...

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Cyber ​​threats before the start of war: what can be learned from them?
Cyber ​​threats before the start of war: what can be learned from them?

Prior to the Russian attack on Ukraine, there were a number of cyber threats: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that sporadically disrupted Ukrainian government websites and financial services providers. What can we learn from history to be prepared? A timeline from 2007 to 2022. A commentary by Chester Wisniewski, Principal Research Scientist at Sophos. “All companies should always be prepared for attacks from all directions. But it can be helpful to know what to look for when the risk of an attack increases. I decided to tell the story of the well-known…

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Cyber ​​warfare: critical infrastructure in the crosshairs
Cyber ​​warfare: critical infrastructure in the crosshairs

Not only the recent cyber attacks on critical infrastructures - energy, logistics, telecommunications - have shown how vulnerable many organizations and their infrastructures are. It becomes particularly critical when attacks affect both IT (information technology - PCs, servers, etc.) and OT (operating technology - machines, etc.). Daniel Bren, the CEO and co-founder of OTORIO, is a well-founded expert on the subject. As a former IT security chief of the Israeli army and today's entrepreneur, he knows many aspects of the problem: "In 1997, the US Department of Defense (DoD) conducted the first "cyber war games" under the operation "Eligible Receiver"...

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BSI: IT security authority warns of Russian hacks
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As Spiegel.de reports, the BSI is again warning German companies to prepare for cyber attacks. The NATO partners would "register increased aggressive scanning activities in their networks" - as a possible preparation for attacks. In view of the war in Ukraine, the German security authorities, the BSI, are fearing further cyber attacks that could also affect German targets. The Federal Office for Information Security sent the third warning letter to companies and authorities on Thursday - it rates the current IT threat situation in the country with the second highest warning level "orange". "As a possible preparation for attacks" Concrete reason...

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HermeticWiper: Data-wiping malware attacks Ukraine PCs  
Eset_News

ESET has published information about the current cyber attacks on Ukraine. A number of government agencies and banks there were initially paralyzed by a new wave of DDoS attacks. Cyber ​​attacks followed with a new destructive malware called HermeticWiper. This data-deleting malicious program has infected hundreds of computers in Ukraine. ESET first discovered the malware on February 23.02.2021, 17 at around 28 p.m. local time. The malware's timestamp (December 2021, XNUMX) suggests that the attack had been in preparation for some time. In one case, the attackers apparently had access to the network...

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Analysis of DDoS attacks on Ukrainian facilities

Developments in Ukraine are putting concerns of serious cyberattacks in the spotlight of IT security professionals and businesses around the world. Mandiant shares first insights into recent DDoS attacks. A commentary by John Hultquist, VP, Intelligence Analysis at Mandiant. “It seems that DDOS attacks are being carried out against Ukrainian government and financial sector websites. There are indications that other financial systems, such as point-of-sale terminals, could be affected by disruptions. In another related incident, Ukraine Cyber ​​Police have stated that Ukrainian citizens have received fraudulent SMS messages claiming that…

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Cyber ​​attacks in Ukraine by Russian hacker group "Gamaredon"
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Even before the current cyber attacks on Ukraine and its KRITIS, there were attacks that were evaluated by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. According to their findings, the state-supported Russian hacker group "Gamaredon" is behind the attacks. Cybersecurity analysts from Palo Alto Networks' Unit42 team have just released new information about Gamaredon's activities. This is a hacking group that the Ukrainian SSU (Sluzhba bespeky Ukrajiny - Ukrainian Internal Security Service) recently reported is being run by 5 Russian FSB officers. Russian hacking group “Gamaredon” Unit 42 security analysts found…

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