CyberTracker Update 26. Russia-Ukraine War.

21 February 2024.

G’day All - It’s been a while - apologies or the delay in producing this cybertracker, tbh tracking the Israel-Hamas cyber situation has taken additional bandwidth that I would normally dedicate to this cybertracker.

• A quick fact: I have tracked over 380 hacktivist groups related to the Russia-Ukraine war since 24 February 2022.

I would also like to remind you all that the Cybertracker I produce for the Russia-Ukraine war is based on the Intent of the cyber threat actors, not capability. 

I also want to say a big thankyou to those who read the substack, support my X and those who message with thanks or who request to use this product in their work. I appreciate your ongoing interest and support of this work.

Cybertracker 26. Russia-Ukraine War - Cyberknow FEB2024

Some notes from the 26th cybertracker:

• Overall the hacktivist landscape remains active. New groups continue to replace old groups and largely, DDoS remains the dominate attack method for both pro-Russian and pro-Ukraine groups.

• 30 new pro-Russian groups added and 7 pro-Ukraine groups added. I also removed 81 inactive groups. Either, they have shutdown their comms or, they have been inactive since October 2023 (publicly).

• Pro-Russian groups continue to outnumber pro-Ukraine (that does not include impact of attacks - purely group numbers)

• Hacktivist groups continue to seek improved capabilities to match their high intent.

• Telegram continues to be the dominate form of comms for pro-Russian groups.

• Cyber Army Russia Reborn has created a collective with notable group such as Noname057(16).

• Killnet and Killmilk have been removed from the cybertracker and replaced with Killnet2.0 and JustEvil. JustEvil is the group and name that KillMilk is now using.

• Anonymous Sudan continues to have high-profile attack success, largely due to its likely use of the Skynet botnet.

• Noname057(16) and the DDoSia project remain the most active pro-Russian hacktivist group.

I have included the original version of the cybertracker below.

Cybertracker 26. Russia-Ukraine War - Cyberknow FEB2024

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