SSU blocks over 50 cyberattacks against Ukrainian authorities in December 2021

In December 2021, the SSU Cyber Security Situation Center stopped and contained 59 cyberattacks against information systems of state institutions.

That was the outcome of direct analysis of over 28,000 critical information security events detected in the reporting month.

The detected cyberattack is the result of direct analysis of critical events related to information security.

The cyber threats (hacker attacks) included:

  • Connection to C&C Servers;
  • Brute Force Attacks;
  • Web App Attacks;
  • Malware;
  • others.

Part of the SSU Cyber Security Situation Center is the SIEM, Security Information and Event Management System, which monitors events in real time and conducts cyber security assessment. Potentially critical events are directly handled by security analysts, allowing to promptly detect and thwart threats in the national cyberspace.

The December 2021 Report is attached.

You can access previous reports in the section Protection of Information and Cyber Security.