May 01 – May 07 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

This post provides a timeline of the events related to Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective.

Below is the timeline of the events related to the ongoing Russia invasion that occurred in the previous weeks:

May 06 – Anonymous and Ukraine IT Army continue to target Russian entities

The Anonymous collective and the volunteer group Ukraine IT Army continues to launch cyber attacks on Russian entities.

May 06 – Ukraine IT Army hit EGAIS portal impacting Russia’s alcohol distribution

Ukraine IT Army launched massive DDoS attacks on the EGAIS portal that has a crucial role in Russia’s alcohol distribution.

May 04 – Pro-Ukraine attackers compromise Docker images to launch DDoS attacks on Russian sites

Pro-Ukraine hackers are using Docker images to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen Russian and Belarusian websites.

The U.S. government offers up to $10 million for info that allows to identify or locate six Russian GRU hackers who are members of the Sandworm APT group.

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