Suspected Russian hackers deployed a new malware wiper against a Ukrainian energy sector company right as Russian armed forces started launching missiles against Ukraine's broader energy infrastructure late last year.
, the new finding underscores how Russian military forces and hacking groups continue to share similar goals, the report notes.Russian hackers have routinely tied their malware and phishing attacks to larger, kinetic warfare in the last year.News of October's seemingly coordinated attack comes amid renewed concerns this week about Russian cyberattacks on Western critical infrastructure.against German organizations after the German government promised to send new tanks to Ukraine.
Killnet also spent the weekend threatening a longer list of Western organizations in its public Telegram channel — including medical organizations across the U.K., Finland, Norway, Poland, the Netherlands and the U.S.Sign up for Axios’ cybersecurity newsletter Codebook
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