According to the SSSCIP’s “Russian Cyber Operations (H1 2024)” report, cyber attacks targeting Ukraine’s defence industries more than doubled from 111 to 276 from the latter half of 2023 to the former half of 2024. Recent reports from Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) reveal a significant shift in Russian cyber operations against Ukraine in the first half of 2024. In response to these escalating threats, Ukrainian cybersecurity experts have intensified their red teaming efforts, simulating sophisticated attacks to identify and address vulnerabilities in their defence systems. This focus shifted to broad information collection within many different Ukrainian industries in 2023, before honing in on military targets in 2024. This proactive approach has helped strengthen Ukraine’s cyber resilience against increasingly targeted Russian operations. SSSCIP reports a strategic shift in Russian cyber operations in H1 2024. The new strategy marks a departure from previous broad-spectrum attacks to a more targeted approach focusing on Ukraine’s military and defence sectors. The total number of cyber attacks that were reported in Ukraine rose by 19% to 1,739 in Q1 and Q2 of 2024 compared to Q3 and Q4 of 2023. Hackers, particularly those associated with UAC-0184, gather personal information to impersonate known contacts and build trust with certain targets, akin to a phishing attack. HACKREAD is a News Platform that centers on InfoSec, Cyber Crime, Privacy, Surveillance and Hacking News with full-scale reviews on Social Media Platforms & Technology trends.
This Cyber News was published on hackread.com. Publication date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:43:07 +0000