![]() ![]() Recorded Future’s Insikt Group worked with Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team to figure this out and connected the campaigns with malware actors running BlueDelta exploits. The first one was a set of phishing campaigns targeting high-profile entities in Ukraine, through compromises of users running the Roundcube webmail software. Given that history, it’s no surprise that Russian state-sponsored actors have been tracked launching a new series of attacks. The adjacent graphic shows just two months’ worth of attacks in 2022, with the European style of day/month shown. The European Parliament issued this timeline last June that tracked them going back several years, showing a persistent series of threats including ransomware, installation of spyware, destruction of data on computer hard drives, and attacks on civilian infrastructure such as power stations and the postal service. ![]() It separates last year’s attack profile into five phases, with the last quarter’s phase being renewed disruptions. To give some idea of context, in a 2023 report, Google’s Mandiant research unit observed more destructive cyberattacks against Ukrainian targets during the first four months of 2022 than in the previous eight years. In a conference event this week, White House Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger was quoted by The Record saying, ““We know Ukraine is currently experiencing a significant surge in cyberattacks in parallel to the kinetic aspects.” She didn’t provide any specifics, however. “Russian government-backed attackers have engaged in an aggressive, multi-pronged effort to gain a decisive wartime advantage in cyberspace, often with mixed results,” wrote Shane Huntley, senior director of Google’s Threat Analysis Group. Google LLC said earlier this year that the Ukrainian government is under near-constant digital attack. Since the Russian invasion last spring, there have been a number of cyberattacks. The protracted war on Ukraine has been fought on both physical and digital worlds, but after the initial forays last spring, Russian attacks on Ukrainian digital infrastructure have increased lately, according to new reports by three security analyst groups. ![]()
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