Cyberattacks on Ukrainian websites come into clearer focus as Russia tensions escalate

Cybersecurity researchers shed additional light over the weekend on the cyberattacks that disabled Ukrainian government websites, as Kyiv pointed to Russia as the culprit. Microsoft and ESET both shared details on the nature of the malware that took the Ukrainian sites down. Microsoft “assesses that the malware, which is designed to look like ransomware but lacking a ransom recovery mechanism, is intended to be destructive and designed to render targeted devices inoperable rather than to obtain a ransom,” the company …

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