This past week was dominated with stories surrounding the one-year mark of Russia’s invasion into Ukraine. What have we learned on the global cybersecurity front in that time?
February 26, 2023 •
Anti-war protesters outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24, 2022.Shutterstock/Eli Wilson
President Biden made a surprise visit to Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv this past week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and that was just the beginning of a series of meetings with international partners regarding the one-year mark in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
In the midst of global headlines analyzing which military equipment the U.S. and NATO countries should give to Ukraine, as well as how much financial support will be ongoing, a less publicized cyber war continues unabated. “Nearly one year ago, Russia invaded Ukraine, and we continue to see cyber operations play a prominent role in the war. To provide more insights into the role of cyber, today, we are releasing our report Fog of War: How the Ukraine Conflict Transformed the Cyber Threat Landscape based on analysis from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), Mandiant and Trust & Safety. The report encompasses new findings, and retrospective insights, across government-backed attackers, information operations (IO) and cybercriminal ecosystem threat actors. It also includes threat actor deep dives focused on specific campaigns from 2022.”
Here are some key findings from the 47-plus-page report :
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