The Russia-Ukraine war, which is followed closely by the whole world, negatively affects lives in many areas. Therefore, institutions need to be prepared for new developments that pose a risk to their digital assets in the cyber world. BugBounter, which has more than 1500 independent cyber security experts on its platform, offers companies to close their new vulnerabilities in a short time by having their systems audited 7/24 by cyber security experts.
The escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine and the subsequent war occupy the agenda of the whole world. While the steps taken over land, sea and air are closely followed, cyber attacks should not be ignored in this process. BugBounter.com, which meets the needs of companies to audit, find and verify security vulnerabilities quickly and reliably with over 1500 cyber security experts, emphasizes the importance of having companies' systems audited by cyber security experts, white hat hackers, against accelerating cyber attacks.
With Russia's move towards Ukraine, a significant increase is observed in cyber attacks targeting countries and valuable institutions of countries. Currently, more than 70 websites of public institutions have been changed in appearance1 or taken offline2. Data-deleting malware also continues to attack the websites of Ukraine's public institutions. Ukraine is also taking steps to establish a cyber army of thousands of volunteers.
Cyber Experts Take Sides Between Russia and Ukraine
These attacks, centered on Ukraine, cause a split in the cyber world. While a Ukrainian member of the ransomware group known as Conti shared with the public his speeches within the team that went back 13 months, the world-famous hacker group Anonymous also declared cyber war on Russia and claimed responsibility for the attack on Russia's Ministry of Defense. Apart from this, it is thought that Anonymous also played a role in the seizure of many Russian government channels and in making broadcasts supporting Ukraine3.
More than 230.000 volunteers and professionals around the world, with the support of the government, have become Ukraine's IT army, helping the country to defend against cyberattacks. This army is mainly working to take down the important websites of Russia and the institutions that support Russia, but recent developments show that this team has started to focus on services related to the banking system as well4.
Cyber attacks contain life-threatening dangers.
BugBounter.com Co-Founder Murat Lostar says the following on the subject: “Today, all infrastructure systems operate in online environments. Nuclear facilities are likewise connected to the online environment. Therefore, horizontal damage to the system of these facilities caused by a cyber attack may cause a large population to face life-threatening situations or to have to live in adverse conditions. Therefore, companies and public institutions providing infrastructure such as transportation, energy, and telecommunications need to have their systems open to the outside world (internet) constantly audited. Bug bounty is the most effective method used by the public and private sectors to audit cybersecurity by independent experts. With the bug bounty programs, open applications and systems, the scope of which is determined by the institutions, are audited 7/24 and when experts find a vulnerability, it immediately reports it. Since institutions can determine the awards themselves while creating their bounty hunting program, they have the opportunity to set up an audit according to their own opportunities and priorities. Bug bounty programs are the perfect complement to the traditional pentest method, allowing people with skills equivalent to cyber attackers to test the system much more deeply. It can also detect vulnerabilities that the penetration testing missed.”
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