'Threat Report' details cyberattacks linked to Ukraine war

CYBERSECURITY firm ESET released its T1 2022 Threat Report, summarizing key statistics from ESET detection systems and highlighting notable examples of ESET's cybersecurity research. The latest issue of the ESET Threat Report recounts the various cyberattacks connected to the ongoing war in Ukraine that ESET researchers analyzed or helped to mitigate. This includes the resurrection of the infamous Industroyer malware, attempting to target high-voltage electrical substations.

ESET telemetry also recorded other changes in the cyberthreat realm that might have a connection to the situation in Ukraine. Roman Kováč, chief research officer at ESET, clarifies why this report is so focused on cyberthreats related to this war.