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Ukraine: Volunteer IT Army is going to hit tens of Russian targets from this list

Security Affairs

The list is composed of 31 targets including Russian critical infrastructure, government agencies, banks, hosting prividers. Ukraine’s Minister for Digital Transformation Mykhaylo Fedorov called to action against Russia attempting to create an “IT Army” to launch a massive offensive against Russia.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Fog of Cyber War

ForAllSecure

Then we've seen all these big waves after that banking Trojans, credit card keyloggers botnet building have clearly for the last eight years now, Ransom ransomware in various different incarnate incarnations has been the big moneymaker. Instead we have these faceless ransomware groups. Vamosi:Ransomware is profitable today.

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Ukrainian Websites Struck by Cyber Attacks as Russia Launches Invasion

IT Governance

Those warnings came true yesterday, after Ukraine was hit by a wave of DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks that crippled the country’s banks and government departments. “Another mass DDoS attack on our state [has] begun,” Ukraine’s Digital Transformation Minister, Mykhaylo Fedorov, wrote on Telegram.

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MY TAKE: Former NSA director says cybersecurity solutions need to reflect societal values

The Last Watchdog

Cyber Command, as well as director, National Security Agency, and chief, Central Security Service, from March 2014 until he retired from military service in May 2018. Rogers made his remarks as part of a panel discussion on securing digital transformation moderated by Infosys CISO Vishal Salvi.

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Group-IB Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report

Security Affairs

The most severe financial damage has occurred as a result of ransomware activity. The stand-off between various pro-government hacker groups saw new players come onto the scene, while some previously known groups resumed their operations. Group-IB: The ransomware plague cost the world over $1 billion.