Cyber dimensions of Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine. Hacktivists and cybercriminals choose sides. Lapsu$ releases NVIDIA and Samsung data (and says a victim hacked back).

Mar 7, 2022

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Russian influence operations fail as few support Russia's war of aggression. Ukraine will become a "contributing participant" in NATO's CCDCOE. Ukrainian cyberattacks, and the marshaling of hacktivists. Russian cyberattacks: surprisingly restrained and unsurprisingly supported by criminal organizations like Conti. The FBI’s Bryan Vorndran joins us with insights on the work his team did on Sodinokibi. Rick Howard looks at vulnerability management. Lapsu$ gang releases data taken from NVIDIA and Samsung in separate extortion incidents.

For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:

https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/44

Selected reading.

What Happened on Day 11 of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine (New York Times)

Putin says Ukraine's future in doubt as cease-fires collapse

After temporary cease-fires break down, Putin threatens Ukraine’s government (AP NEWS)

Ukraine to join NATO cyber defence centre as 'contributing participant' (Reuters)

Putin Is Raising an Iron Firewall Around Russia (Bloomberg)

Three reasons Moscow isn't taking down Ukraine's cell networks (POLITICO)

Hacktivists Stoke Pandemonium Amid Russia’s War in Ukraine (Wired)

DDoS hacktivism: A highly risky exercise (Avast)

This Ukrainian cyber firm is offering hackers bounties for taking down Russian sites (The Record by Recorded Future)