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Email-borne attacks out of Russia have already targeted at least a few US and European organizations.

Global insurance broker Aon on Monday revealed that it’s investigating a cyber incident impacting some of its systems.

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Microsoft on Monday disclosed that it detected a new round of offensive and destructive cyberattacks directed against Ukraine's digital infrastructure hours before Russia launched its first missile strikes last week. The intrusions involved the use of a never-before-seen malware package dubbed FoxBlade, according to the tech giant's Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC), noting that it added new

Microsoft is calling attention to a surge in cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian digital targets, warning that the new “digital war” includes destructive malware attacks on emergency response services and humanitarian aid efforts.

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released indicators of compromise to help threat hunters look for signs of WhisperGate and HermeticWiper, two destructive malware files seen in recent attacks against organizations in Ukraine.

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A lot of the recommended preparation involves measures organizations should have in place already.

If past is precedent, the cyber impact of the war in Ukraine could be broad and bruising, experts say.

A series of cyberattacks on Tuesday knocked the websites of the Ukrainian army, the defense ministry and major banks offline, Ukrainian authorities said, as tensions persisted over the threat of a possible Russian invasion.

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Actinium/Gameredon's attacks are another reminder of why organizations need to pay additional scrutiny to systems in the region.

Nearly every organization should assume that it is at risk, but there are ways of countering the tactics used by advanced persistent threats.