U.S. Justice Department warn of impending Russian Cyber Threat

On Thursday the DOJ offered a stark warning of what will be coming up as a warning to companies that they should be ramping up their cyber security amid potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. (According to ABC News)

Stating “Given the very high tensions that we are experiencing, companies of any size and of all sizes would be foolish not to be preparing right now as we speak -- to increase their defences, to do things like patching, to heighten their alert systems, to be monitoring in real-time their cybersecurity," deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco said in remarks at the Munich Cybersecurity Conference.  Monaco stated this during the same breath as her explanation of the devastating NotPetya cyberattack of 2017 that started in Ukraine before spreading globally and causing billions of dollar’s worth of damage.

Last Friday, DHS explicitly warned of Russian cyber-attack and made a veiled mention at the ongoing geopolitical climate.

"The Russian government has used cyber as a key component of their force projection over the last decade,” the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned in an online post. "The Russian government understands that disabling or destroying critical infrastructure—including power and communications—can augment pressure on a country's government, military and population and accelerate their acceding to Russian objectives."

            Information that should not be taken light-heartedly, if you were even considering heightening your security protection now would be the perfect and probably the most detrimental time to do so. Especially if you’re using Microsoft 365 as historically Russian threats have pursued avenues through this service for their own interests of stealing information such as CDC-proprietary and export controlled technology (according to the FBI, NSA, and CISA).