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itman · Jun 6, 2017

Russia and nation-state hacking tactics: A report from Cybereason Intelligence

Policy versus Happenstance: Russia’s Dedicated Policy of Strategic Ambiguity

In our latest report, Cybereason Intelligence Group examines Russia and the tactics and procedures they use to conduct global attacks on nations and corporations. An earlier report issued by Cybereason Intelligence Group focused on China and a new breed of cyber privateer leading the increase in nation states contracting private companies to accomplish intelligence operations. These groups operate with incredible sophistication, while enjoying a cloak of semi-protected “status” for their malicious activities.

From China to Russia

The Russian Security Services (formerly the KGB) have long standing ties to Russian national criminal and hacktivist communities. A decade ago, the Russian state demonstrated its reach into these informal communities with the large scale DDoSing of Estonia.

This programmatic effort by the Kremlin has been long standing and differs significantly from the likes of China and India.

This trend is relatively new and accelerating in China where the security community is observing a shift in the activities of groups that freelance for the state. BoyuSec (and others like them) are expanding their entrepreneurial activities by contracting with private companies.

Given their relationship with government, these companies likely have tacit permission to operate against foreign entities as long as the activity doesn’t produce significant issues for the government. That tacit permission is promoting the growth of a vibrant, cottage industry of legitimized hackers for hire

No longer do companies need to go to the Dark Web to gain an unfair advantage over their competition, they simply need to search Baidu for the dozens of companies offering these services. Furthermore, the capabilities that were once indicative of a Nation State actor are now an affordable commodity for the private sector.
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https://www.cybereason.com/blog-rus...trys-dedicated-policy-of-strategic-ambiguity/

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