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Using Deception to Learn About Russian Threat Actors

It has been almost a year since Russia first invaded Ukraine, and the war has resulted in a massive rise in both physical and digital attacks. Since the invasion, Russian cyberattacks have ...
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Organizations Preparing for Cyberwar

Perhaps—just maybe—2022, mainly due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the use of offensive digital operations, will go down as the year executives started taking the threat of cyberwarfare as a ...
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SMB Cybersecurity Concerns Persist Amid Geopolitical Tensions

Small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are worried that geopolitical tensions could exacerbate ransomware threats, according to an OpenText Security Solutions survey of 1,332 security and IT professionals in the United States, the ...
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Counteracting Nation-State-Sponsored Cyberattack Groups

The Russia-Ukraine war has put the world on high alert not just to the threat of physical attacks but the potential for highly-funded, sophisticated nation-state cyberattacks, as well. The worry is not ...
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NATO Announces Virtual Rapid Response Cybersecurity Capability

In the months since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO has flexed its muscles and responded swiftly and with solidarity against the country’s show of military aggression. So, it seemed logical that the expanding ...
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How Geopolitical Events Should Shape Data Security Posture 

Companies may not be interested in international conflict, but international conflict takes a deep interest in disrupting companies. Russia’s attack on Ukraine, ongoing since February 24, changed the world of data security ...
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Addressing Critical Infrastructure Threats Requires Collaboration

Since long before the current conflict in Ukraine, U.S. national security officials and cybersecurity industry analysts have raised concerns about Russia’s demonstrated capabilities and potential intentions to attack U.S. critical infrastructure (CI) ...
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Microsoft Takes Down Russia’s Strontium Allies Attacking Ukraine

Need additional evidence that private organizations are playing a defining role in curbing and preventing nation-state cyberattacks? Just look at the actions Microsoft recently took to disrupt Russian GRU-connected Strontium’s attacks on ...
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Should the West Build its Own 'Great Firewall'?

Should the West Build its Own ‘Great Firewall’?

Lost amid all the focus on China’s ‘Great Firewall‘ and Beijing’s efforts to censor what its citizens can see and say is the undeniable capability afforded to a nation’s defensive posture through ...
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Fighting in Ukraine Raises Prospect of US Cyberattacks

Russian hackers are known as some of the world’s best, and the increase in tensions between the United States and Russia since the invasion of Ukraine has raised the prospect that Russian ...
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