Russia's cybercrime underground is starting to recover from the disruptions caused during the ongoing war in Ukraine, experts say. That could spell bad news for U.S. companies.
The war has killed off any incentive Putin may have had to stop cybercrime operations from targeting Western organizations.
Instead, given the lax relationship between Russian state-sponsored hacking groups and cybercrime gangs in the country, Putin has more reason to spur them on.When the war started, factions formed within cybercrime forums between those who supported Russia's war and those who stood with Ukraine.after the group pledged allegiance to Russia.released this morning.Initial slowdowns in the Russian cybercrime underground have proven to be only blips, experts told Axios.
"There's still plenty of them that have got their operations back running and are conducting crime again," Mandiant's Hultquist said. Hultquist said several Russian state-sponsored hackers have also been purchasing initial access to an organization from cybercriminal groups.Even Russian cybercriminals who have fled their country to avoid the draft are seemingly starting to deploy ransomware attacks, Thanos said.
Thanos' organization, Arctic Wolf, has seen an uptick in so-called anonymous attacks, where a solo actor attacks an organization, never claims public responsibility for the attack, and demands a small payout to decrypt the files.By enabling cybercrime gangs, the Russian government can claim it wasn't responsible for any of the groups' attacks while reaping the benefits of seeing Western organizations hindered.
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