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Russia has been using cyber warfare on Ukraine since the physical invasion started in late February, says Chicago-based security firm Trustwave.

New study from Trustwave analyzes the Russian state cyberattacks against Ukraine since the war began, tying the attack groups back to their controlling state agencies.

Information on the attributed cyberattacks conducted since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war shows that a handful of groups conducted more than two dozen attacks.

As Russia massed troops on the Ukrainian border in February, analysts hypothesized that this war would be the first example of the war of the future. Russia would begin its assault with massive, disruptive cyberattacks—the modern equivalent of eliminating air defenses before a bombing campaign. But as the kinetic campaign began, Ukraine’s command and control capabilities were

According to Microsoft, Russia has carried out over 200 "destructive and relentless" cyberattacks on Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) revealed on Monday a string of phishing emails that they’ve linked to a Russian state-sponsored actor called Armageddon. The attacks baited Ukrainian and Latvian government officials with information concerning the war between Ukraine and Russia, CERT-UA said.

Recent cyber attacks against Western entities operating in Ukraine aim to disrupt or conduct espionage. CISOs should be wary of such attacks expanding beyond the Ukrainian border.

Microsoft said today that a Russian hacking group known as Gamaredon has been behind a streak of spear-phishing emails targeting Ukrainian entities and organizations related to Ukrainian affairs since October 2021.

Cybersecurity report includes screen shot of one such attempt, which shows an email, embedded with malicious code

-A hacking team that Ukraine says is controlled by Russian intelligence has targeted a wide range of organizations in the country, including a western government entity, according to cybersecurity...