Last month, I had the honor of speaking at the US-Europe Security Forum in New York and being featured in The Wall Street New York Magazine. Shota Bagaturia, thank you very much for the invitation!
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Here’s another example of a well-crafted phishing campaign impersonating the Bailiffs Department. It targeted Ukrnet email users over the past few days, including one of my close relatives. The malicious link even includes an “antivirus scanner verification” sign.
Before speaking at the conference of the the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences, I had the opportunity to talk with Tino Rueskov Pedersen about digital sovereignty through the lens of Ukraine’s experience during the full-scale war. The link to the article is in the comment.
Yesterday I had the honor of being invited to speak as a keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber).
The Sidechannel: "Victor Zhora, the former architect of Ukraine's digital defence, now a soldier near the front line, delivered one of the most grounded perspectives on modern warfare. ⬇️
At the end of last year, I was honoured by the invitation to deliver a keynote speech at Denmark’s largest cybersecurity conference, V2 Security. Understanding that during a combat mission it would likely be impossible for me to get in touch, I recorded the talk in advance.
While I was on a combat mission, The Resilient kindly published my essay "This is what the EU can learn about digital sovereignty from the war in Ukraine". The link is in the comments. Photo: Ali Lorestani/TT/Ritzau Scanpix
My first experience of hosting a TV show on eQtv. My debut esteemed guest is Jari Kickbusch, a Danish journalist and researcher, who shared a lot of insights about cybersecurity in Denmark. On air tomorrow morning at 01:57 UTC or next week, so it makes sense to stay tuned!
Our third talk on cyber(in)security with Alexander Gluschenko is out on eQtv. In this episode we talk about russian cyber actors, the latest cyber operations and their tools, the challenges for Europe and NATO, the NIS2 directive, Law 4336-IХ and, of course, AI.
Happy to attend ISS World Europe 2025 in Prague last week. The purpose of meetings with friends and colleagues there is to find advanced technological solutions that strengthen the security and defense sector and bring our Victory closer.
I was happy to join the presentation of our first public report at the ICE Task Force analytical center I've joined last year and the SSSCIP of Ukraine “War and Cyber: Three Years of Struggle and Lessons for Global Security” last Friday. Links to the report and video are in the comments.
Great mix of my quotes from the recent interview in Tel Aviv and excerpts from the latest CERT_UA H2’2024 report. Thank you, Nate! www.darkreading.com/threat-intel...
Putin's Attacks on Ukraine Rise 70%, With Little Effect
Russia's cyberattacks on Ukraine have increased dramatically, targeting the country's government and defense infrastructure.
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Our second talk on cyber(in)security with Alexander Glushchenko is on air today at 14:50 GMT/UTC on eQtv - - the world's first satellite TV channel dedicated to digital security, technologies for bypassing Internet blocks and maintaining communication in a shutdown situation. tv.equalit.ie/live
The world's first satellite TV channel dedicated to digital security and technologies for bypassing Internet blocks has been launched in Ukraine. We have recorded a series of talks about cybersecurity, the first of which can be watched today at 7:50 PM GMT or tomorrow at 3:30 PM. tv.equalit.ie/live
When a social network is asking what's happening I would recall December 2016 and serious issues in the transportation industry of Ukraine. Waiting for the official confirmation.
NEW - Google researchers detail the various ways in which Russia is targeting Ukrainian military Signal accounts. Includes attacks via QR code (Qishing) and some sneaky phishing mimicking an artillery software used by Ukraine. Signal updates to address. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Russia Is Targeting Ukrainian Soldiers’ Signal Accounts, Google Warns
Google says Russia increased its targeting of encrypted apps like Signal as Ukraine ramped up its counteroffensive.
forbes.com
One interesting aspect here: Russia's infamous Sandworm hacking group has been working with Russian soldiers in Ukraine to grab devices from the battlefield and divert the Signal messages back to them.
Thomas Brewster@thomasbrewster.bsky.social · last yr.NEW - Google researchers detail the various ways in which Russia is targeting Ukrainian military Signal accounts. Includes attacks via QR code (Qishing) and some sneaky phishing mimicking an artillery software used by Ukraine. Signal updates to address. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
I was hoping to hear the word "Ukraine" in the speech. Not this time. Hopefully not with words but with deeds.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai - has the IT industry ever been more present at an inauguration?
Three years ago GRU Unit 29155 (aka UAC-0056) defaced UA government websites, hacked into networks and used wiper to destroy data. That was a sort of "Kyiv in 3 days" in cyber which by and large failed.
Cyber resilience is not only the ability to prevent and respond to cyberattacks in a timely manner, but also the ability to quickly restore infrastructure, data, and services afterwards.
Every December russian military hackers are forced to do something to get annual bonuses
Today's incident in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and the State Enterprise "National Information Systems", the holder of main state registers, seems to be a total disaster.
The first report on the state of cybersecurity in the European Union has been published today. It should be biennial according to the Article 18 of the Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2). #EU #ENISA #NIS2 #cybersecurity
Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends! We are grateful for your unwavering support!
Here's my first post here. I hope to find my good friends and opinion makers here, and also an alternative to X which I'll be still keeping for a while.