Cybercriminals love pandemics, natural disasters, and wars. Global distractions are good for their business.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine elevates cybersecurity risks, which already weighed on the minds of global business leaders. So far, the incursion has delivered new distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and a novel malware, Hermetic Wiper. "
While most attacks have targeted Ukraine’s government, infrastructure, and financial services, U.S. companies need to be on guard. The US/British-owned insurance broker AON was attacked on Feb. 25, 2022, just one day after the invasion, although no connection to Russia has been reported.
On March 21, 2022, President Joe Biden encouraged CEOs to strengthen their cybersecurity. For some time, the administration has warned that Russia may be planning a ‘consequential’ cyberattack on U.S. infrastructure and companies.
Officials have seen ‘preparatory activity’ that suggest these attacks may be imminent.