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Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center
True or false? How to spot – and stop – fake news
How can you tell fact from fiction and avoid falling for and spreading falsehoods about the war in Ukraine?
Tony Anscombe • 10 Mar 2022
Critical Infrastructure, Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center, Business Security
Cyber-readiness in the face of an escalated gray zone conflict
Organizations worldwide should remain on high alert for cyberattacks as the risk of major cyber-spillover from the crisis in Ukraine continues to loom large
Andrew Lee • 07 Mar 2022
ESET Research, Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center
IsaacWiper and HermeticWizard: New wiper and worm targeting Ukraine
ESET researchers uncover a new wiper that attacks Ukrainian organizations and a worm component that spreads HermeticWiper in local networks
ESET Research • 01 Mar 2022
Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center, Business Security
#ShieldsUp – Now is the time to double-check cybersecurity processes and operations
As the conflict in Ukraine heightens the risk of cyberattacks globally, what can organizations do to improve their resiliency?
Tony Anscombe • 28 Feb 2022
Beware of charity scams exploiting war in Ukraine
Looking to help people in Ukraine? Donate wisely – do your research first so you give without getting scammed
Editor • 27 Feb 2022
HermeticWiper: New data-wiping malware hits Ukraine
Hundreds of computers in Ukraine compromised just hours after a wave of DDoS attacks brings down a number of Ukrainian websites
Editor • 24 Feb 2022
GreyEnergy: Updated arsenal of one of the most dangerous threat actors
ESET research reveals a successor to the infamous BlackEnergy APT group targeting critical infrastructure, quite possibly in preparation for damaging attacks
Anton Cherepanov and Robert Lipovsky • 17 Oct 2018
New TeleBots backdoor: First evidence linking Industroyer to NotPetya
ESET’s analysis of a recent backdoor used by TeleBots – the group behind the massive NotPetya ransomware outbreak – uncovers strong code similarities to the Industroyer main backdoor, revealing a rumored connection that was not previously proven
Anton Cherepanov and Robert Lipovsky • 11 Oct 2018
Critical Infrastructure, Ransomware, Ukraine Crisis – Digital Security Resource Center
Bad Rabbit: Not-Petya is back with improved ransomware
A new ransomware outbreak today has hit some major infrastructure in Ukraine including Kiev metro. Here are some details about this new variant of Petya.
Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 24 Oct 2017