The US: More evidence Moscow’s military is orchestrating the conflict in the region. The EW systems could have a double purpose: testing and disturbing.
The malicious hackers are using 3 different strains of RAT malware: Quasar, Sobaken and Vermin. The aim is to exfiltrate data from the targeted machines.
The Kiev cyber police chief: Hackers infect local companies with malware to create backdoors for a large cyber attack. 99% of the traces come from Russia.
The FBI has seized a key server, used to create the global botnet of over 500,000 hacked routers. It could give answers on the victims and on how to stop the Fancy Bear cyber warfare.
Talos: The cyber warfare actors use a sophisticated modular malware system dubbed VPNFilter and infected at least 500,000 devices in more than 54 countries.
USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have issued official statements on the malware aggression, pointing the finger on Moscow and condemning the cyberwarfare behaviour.