Attacks Always Opportunistic

Dave Cundiff is Cyvatar‘s vice president of member delivery.

“Russian cyberattacks are always opportunistic,” he said. “The teams of attackers find times of geopolitical unrest to leverage baseline attacks while focus is directed elsewhere. However, Russian attacks never stop, especially against what they see as their largest competition for influence within the world. As such, the United States is constantly under attack from Russian state-sponsored groups. Even if it is not apparent, they are specifically directed by the Russian government.”

Organizations should always focus on the basic foundations of cybersecurity, vulnerability, patch management, multifactor authentication (MFA) methods, and reduced or significantly controlled device access methods, Cundiff said.

“Organizations should also make sure they are reviewing their supply chains as well, due to the ability of attackers to pivot from a downstream vendor into a more robust target,” he said.