
Russian allied and backed groups increased their phishing campaigns against users in NATO countries by more than 300 percent in 2022 versus 2022, likely to learn more about activities inside the alliance, says a new report by the information security company Mandiant. The attempts to penetrate NATO countries ran parallel to a 250 percent increase in Russian government-backed phishing campaigns against users in Ukraine, says the report, Fog of War: How the Ukraine Conflict Transformed the Cyber Threat Landscape. Mandiant…