Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities for the first time took part in the largest and most prestigious cyber security conference Black Hat USA 2022, which took place in Las Vegas. It was noted that during almost half a year of combating hackers who are part of the russian military machine or supported by russia, Ukrainian specialists not only obtained an extraordinary amount of information about the enemy’s activities, but also demonstrated the ability to effectively use this knowledge to oppose the enemy and strengthen their own cyber resistance. The acquired knowledge should become part of common knowledge that will make it possible to protect the civilized world from such threats.1
British intelligence named Ukraine an effective cyber defender, but russia lost the information war in Ukraine and in the West: «russia’s use of aggressive cyber tools after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine was irresponsible and indiscriminate, and its information operations were shoddy». 2
The American company Microsoft said that a few months before the full-scale invasion of the russian federation into Ukraine, the russian hacker group SEABORGIUM carried out attacks on the Ukrainian government sector. SEABORGIUM’s campaigns are primarily aimed at phishing and stealing user credentials. 3
The enemy is now continuing its disinformation campaigns through its groups, and in the last month or a half has again increased its activity on the cyber front. Now one of their priorities is to reach the regional level: administrations, institutions outside of Kyiv and more precise planning of operations to penetrate critical sectors. 4
Analysts predict an increase in attacks on the russian federation in the second half of the year, as cyber threats to russian business continue to grow due to the unleashed war. Large russian companies intend to increase their cyber security budgets by 15-20%. 5
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