Microsoft and Ukraine address malware attacking government websites
(Windows Phone Central)

Ukraine has its hands full. What you need to know Ukrainian organizations were recently struck by a wave of malware that affected those in the government, nonprofit, and IT sectors. Microsoft posted a technical breakdown of the cyberattack`s methodology, dissecting what went into it. Serhiy Demedyuk, the deputy secretary of Ukraine`s national security and defense council, stated that Belarus was the suspected perpetrator, with further comments from officials elaborating that Russia likely had some degree of involvement in the attack. In response to the attack on Ukraine, Poland elevated its nationwide cybersecurity terror threat level. Once in a while, Microsoft`s security teams` operations cross paths with major world news. Such is the situation with the curious case of the malware attack on Ukrainian institutions, which defaced and crippled government websites as well as those of nonprofits and IT organizations. Microsoft has a security blog post analyzing the attacks in dept...