Apparently, uniting for a common defense is not that bad an idea. Timing was good.
Finland’s parliament hit with cyberattack following US move to admit the country to NATO
Ines Kagubare reports:
Finland’s parliament website was temporarily down on Tuesday following a cyberattack that coincided with President Biden’s move to admit the Nordic country to NATO.
The Finnish parliament said in a statement on Twitter that a denial-of-service attack hit the parliament’s external websites at around 2:30 p.m. local time.
Read more at The Hill.
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Ukraine's cyber chief comes to Black Hat in surprise visit
Victor Zhora, Ukraine's lead cybersecurity official, made an unannounced visit to Black Hat in Las Vegas this week, where he spoke to attendees about the state of cyberwarfare in the country's conflict with Russia. The picture Zhora painted was bleak.
Zhora, who is the deputy director of Ukraine's State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection, said cyber incidents in the country have tripled since February, when Russia invaded.
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Russian Hackers Are Escalating and Diversifying Their Attacks on Ukraine, Research Says
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its sixth month, Russian hackers are escalating and diversifying their attacks on the country and its citizenry, sending mass texts to Ukrainian civilians threatening their lives if they don’t retreat from their homes, attempting to breach the country’s banks, and even crippling some of their basic utilities.
In a presentation at DEF CON 30, Kenneth Geers, a security specialist at Very Good Security and fellow at NATO Cyber Centre, outlined how Russia has forecast these actions for years, including via ongoing attacks on power grids and communication systems in Ukrainian towns.
Can Ring convince camera owners and their neighbors that everything is light hearted and amusing?
'Ring Nation' Is Amazon's Reality Show for Our Surveillance Dystopia
Amazon's propaganda campaign to normalize surveillance is about to hit a higher gear: Wanda Sykes is going to host a new show featuring videos taken from Ring surveillance cameras, Deadline reported on Thursday. It will be called Ring Nation.
… According to Deadline, the show will feature lighthearted viral content captured on Ring cameras, such as "neighbors saving neighbors, marriage proposals, military reunions and silly animals." These types of videos frequently go viral online, but hardly represent the reality of what Ring is used for. Besides home surveillance, Ring is a source of surveillance video for police departments in the U.S. and abroad.
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