[1] Russia's
invasion of Ukraine is leading hacking groups worldwide to increase their activities — in some cases to support a side, or possibly just to capitalize on the chaos.
Since the invasion of Ukraine earlier this week, the Anonymous hacker collective, the Conti ransomware gang and a threat actor in Belarus are among those that appear to have gotten more active — or at least expressed intentions to be. Meanwhile, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning Thursday about
a growing threat from an Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) actor.
According to research firm Techcet, Ukraine supplies more than 90% of the U.S.'s semiconductor-grade neon, a gas integral to the lasers used in the chip-making process, while Russia supplies 35% of the U.S.'s palladium supply, a rare metal that can be used to create semiconductors.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine comes after the demand for chips has increased across the board throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, as consumers and enterprises have demanded greater access to electronics.
For enterprises, demand for chips that specialize in artificial intelligence for machine learning training and inference is predicted to grow at over 50% annually across all computing categories for the next few years.
>> Read more. [3] It's known industry-wide that Russia and government-linked groups have
a significant cyber offense capability — it's one of the biggest drivers for the security industry, after all — many in the West have made the assumption that Putin would stop short of unleashing the full brunt of these forces on the U.S.
That assessment might be dangerously wrong, cybersecurity veteran, Eric Byres, warns.
"I originally believed that Putin was a rational actor that wouldn't want to launch major cyberattacks in the U.S., as that would provoke similar attacks in response," Byres said. "After all, his goal was to subdue Ukraine, not the U.S."
However, "after reading the full translation of his speech on Tuesday, reviewing the commentary from a number of
Russian political analysts and talking to cyber analysts looking at known intrusions in the U.S., I'm not so sure anymore," Byres said. "I worry that Putin believes he is bulletproof and the U.S. is weak."
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