Russian hackers target UK’s critical infrastructure
Russian hackers are actively looking to target Britain’s critical infrastructure, such as energy and water, with the goal of ‘disrupt or destroy’, a Cabinet Office minister has warned. Hacking groups from Russia have focussed their attention to the UK in recent months, Oliver Dowden mentioned in a speech. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has […]
Russian Intelligence Service
Russian Intelligence Service – Overview Summary The Russian Intelligence Service is made up of various departments, of which the main three are, Chief Intelligence Office/Military Intelligence (GRU), Federal Security Service (FSB), and the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). With the war in Ukraine still operational, it is likely that Russia will continue to carry out cyber […]
Five Eyes Warn of Russian Cyber Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure
The cybersecurity agencies of the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand – which together form the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance – released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) warning organisations that Russia may be targeting Critical Infrastructure within Ukraine and beyond her borders. There has been “an increased malicious cyber activity from Russian state-sponsored […]
To survive in the age of advanced cyber threats, leadership and collaboration are key
In this blog, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Board for ITC US and Former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff for Presidents Bush and Obama, looks #BEYOND the now in cyber security, at the importance of leadership and the need for collaboration to tackle the speed of change. When I was in uniform, […]
Russia-Ukraine Malicious Cyber Activity
The Ukrainian government confirmed yesterday afternoon that another large-scale cyber attack is taking place; this is less than a week since websites were last targeted in a similar attack. “We’ve not seen something [like this] that’s taken it to a completely different level,” an official told the BBC. This large-scale cyber attack preceded Russia’s invasion […]
Russia-Ukraine Tensions Escalate
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is encouraging increased cyber security awareness in a new “Shields Up” advisory released last week as tensions escalate between Ukraine and Russia. Russia has threatened new invasions against Ukraine as an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. The cyber security implications of these threats have already been […]
Keynote: 2022 Trends and Predictions
ITC’s 8th annual Cyber Summit 2022 centres around the theme BEYOND – From resilience to risk. 2021 was the year where resilience was a must for organisations to survive, and whilst this will continue, 2022 is the year where organisations will need to go beyond surviving to thriving – by innovating and strengthening their approach […]