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If a couple of years ago Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS) were just a nuisance for businesses, today they constitute serious, costly cybercrime. Equally, if not more alarming, is the use of cybercriminals as surrogates in state-to-state political conflicts. The tools for launching these attacks are easily available online. They are so simple and cheap to use that even amateur citizen fraudsters and kids can commit a financial crime.

Netskope is keeping a close watch on the rapidly changing situation in Ukraine. Along with the attention we are giving to the safety and well-being of Netskope employees in the region, we are in a state of high alert with respect to cyber threats and risks to our customers. Netskope Threat Labs is continuously monitoring cybersecurity threats related to the conflict in Ukraine.

The following organizations should raise their INFOCON levels and be prepared for cyber-attacks because of this conflict: Our threat intelligence teams continue to enhance Obrela’s technology with new threat intel information as soon as it becomes available. We are conducting threat hunting activities to proactively detect and respond to emerging threats.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict currently is ongoing and continues to escalate. Trustwave is on heightened alert, and we are actively monitoring malicious cyber activity associated with and adjacent to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

CrowdStrike is introducing memory scanning into the CrowdStrike Falcon sensor for Windows to increase visibility and detect in-memory threats, adding another layer of protection against fileless threats. In recent years, threat actors have increased their dependence on fileless or malware-free attacks.

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Beyond the disturbing images of the invasion of Ukraine that began February 24 are the invisible cyberattacks that preceded it and continue to be waged on Ukraine by Russian state-sponsored and other threat actors, which also threaten the West. Vedere Labs, Forescout’s threat intelligence and research team, is closely monitoring the evolution of cyber activities connected to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Ideally, healthcare would be the last industry to be targeted by hackers and cyberattackers—surely no one would want to cripple critical hospital infrastructure and play around with lives. However, the healthcare industry continues to be the most affected in terms of average data breach cost, peaking at $9.2 million in 2021.

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There is already a well-documented history of cyber attacks targeting organizations in Ukraine - including the attack attributed to members of the Russian military intelligence group GRU - NotPetya. This threat actor has previously conducted attacks known as NotPetya, BlackEnergy, and has targeted high-profile events such as the Olympics, as well as perpetrated destructive attacks against Georgia.