[fireeye] Intelligence Analysts Dissect the Headlines: Russia, Hackers, Cyberwar! Not So Fast.

Claims of cyber attacks, website defacements, sophisticated Russian malware, and even “cyberwar” have hit front pages since the conflict in Crimea heated up. With all the noise, it’s hard to know what has actually occurred, and even tougher to interpret the consequences of the potential activity.

[infosecinstitute] Crimea – The Russian Cyber Strategy to Hit Ukraine

Introduction

The year 2014 started with a diplomatic crisis in Crimes and Ukraine. The tension rose just after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, in which the government of President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted after a popular revolt in Kiev. In the region there are groups contrary to the protest that desire the integration of Crimea with Russia, and these groups are opposed to others consisting of Crimean Tatars and ethnic Ukrainians which supported the revolution. The deposed president Yanukovych during the days of revolution covertly requested the intervention of the Russian military to stabilize the internal situation of Ukraine.