The massive cyber attack on Ukraine that took place shortly before the Russian offensive was accompanied by the spread of a new strain of malware called FoxBlade, which appeared for the first time ever in these cyber attacks on the country’s digital infrastructure. The researchers of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (Mstic) found this and identified the virus on the attacked systems, then inserting it into the database of the security platform in order to recognize it and block it.
“Several hours before the missile launch or the tank movement on February 24, we detected a new round of offensive and destructive cyber attacks targeting Ukraine’s digital infrastructure. We immediately informed the Ukrainian government of the situation and provided advice. technical “, explains the company in an official post.
According to the researchers, these cyber attacks are still ongoing and are currently targeted “with high precision” only at the Ukrainian government infrastructure. In the post published, the technology company also highlights the difference from previous sensations such as the attacks of the NotPetya ransomware, widespread and massive throughout Europe, in 2017.
FoxBlade, specifically, launches Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that disable sites, but could also download and install other malicious viruses that make attacks persistent on systems.
Source: Ansa
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