On 6 April, Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak presented a new government agency, the Centre for Countering Disinformation, to G7 Ambassadors, representatives of Israel, Finland and NATO in Kyiv. “The purpose of the…
After the occupation of Crimea and Donbas, Ukraine has repeatedly been the target of cyber attacks by the Russian Federation. In 2016 and 2017, Ukraine suffered economic losses to the tune of more than $10 billion as…
IBM Security has released the annual 2021 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index. It demonstrates how the nature of cyberattacks changed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when attackers sought to profit from an unprecedented socio-economic situation…
Russian special services conduct purposeful activity against Ukraine in the information sphere and have separate units that work exclusively to stir up the situation in Ukraine. “Against the backdrop of a hybrid war, the scale…
Germany is Main Target of Russia's Disinformation
March 9, 2021
Germany has been the target of Russian disinformation campaigns most often compared to other EU countries. In particular, more than 700 such cases have been recorded since the end of 2015, reads the report of…
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) blocked the operation of a sock puppet farm with a capacity of more than 18,000 accounts, which worked on commission from curators from the aggressor state and some Ukrainian…
Microsoft claims the involvement of Russian foreign intelligence in a massive cyber attack on at least nine US government agencies and dozens of private companies. “We have seen substantial evidence that points to the Russian…
Russian Federation Finances Anti-Ukrainian Activities of Extensive Network of Online Agitators
January 26, 2021
Cyber experts of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) exposed and stopped the destructive activity of a Russian-controlled network of online agitators operating on the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Poltava and Zakarpattia regions. It…
Ukraine’s Security Service Neutralises 600 Cyberattacks, Exposes 20 Hacker Groups in 2020
January 22, 2021
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) neutralised 600 cyberattacks and cyber incidents launched on Ukrainian government information resources and critical infrastructure facilities in 2020. During this period, the SBU neutralised 20 groups involved in many cyberattacks…
EU’s Eastern Partnership Deliverables: Recommendations from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
January 20, 2021
What should be the post-2020 Eastern Partnership deliverables, especially for the development of relations with Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine? A group of 37 EU, Georgian, Moldovan and Ukrainian researchers and think tank experts…
Grand Chessboard Update: Chance and Challenge
January 16, 2021
Ukraine vainly fears the termination of the US sanctions policy on Russia Ukrainian and Russian media outlets reacted sharply to the news that a new US administration is likely to lift sanctions that now block…
Europe’s Human Rights Court Hit by Cyberattack After Turkey Case
December 24, 2020
Hackers launched a “large-scale cyberattack” on the website of the European Court of Human Rights after it published a ruling critical of Turkey. The tribunal said the attack followed its 22 December order for Turkey to…
Stolen Data and Servers: How Shadow Cybercrime Market Works
December 22, 2020
Today, cybercrime has become a real shadow economy. There is no secret that one can buy everything via the Internet – from stolen credit card data to malicious code to infect victims’ computers. The website…
A level of cyber threats to Ukraine’s information systems has increased as the leading U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye was attacked, the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) reports with reference to the National…
EU to Provide Ukraine with EUR 25 mln for Digital Transformation
November 27, 2020
The first financial contribution to be received by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine within the EU4DigitalUA project amounts to EUR 9.6 million. It aims to improve the government’s digital infrastructure’s functionality and build…
SBU Exposed Ukrainian Officials' Cybercrimes
November 25, 2020
Ukraine’s Security Service’s (SBU) cyber-specialists blocked the unauthorised copying and sale of information with limited access from the information and telecommunication systems of the State Tax and Customs Services. The secret service officers established that…
Russian and North Korean Hackers Attack COVID-19 Vaccine Developers
November 14, 2020
Hacker groups from Russia and North Korea have repeatedly carried out cyberattacks on pharmaceutical companies that develop coronavirus vaccines in recent months. Microsoft Vice President Tom Burt reported this. According to him, the attackers tried to gain access to the information of pharmaceutical companies and accounts of vaccine researchers in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States. Members…
Modern Technologies and Leverage in Conflicts and Riots
November 12, 2020
Technology, hybrid wars, artificial intelligence and writing articles are an incomplete list of what we face today. But how do states use technology? To influence conflicts, to form regional leadership, and maybe to develop a…
When it comes to Chinese influence, the economy is most often mentioned: the location of multinational corporations in China, investments from China, the “One Way” project, one zone, and so on. Until recently, the illusion…
Facebook Cannot Prevent Russian Interference in the US Election
October 29, 2020
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said during a Senate hearing that the social network could not prevent the Russian Federation from interfering in the US presidential election. This was reported by Bloomberg. “We cannot stop countries…
