Russian telecom giant repels DDoS attacks on country’s 5 largest financial institutions
RT,
9
December, 2016
Russian
telecom giant Rostelecom has thwarted DDoS-attacks on the five
largest banks and financial institutions in the country, the company
said in a statement.
All
the attacks were recorded on December 5, 2016, the longest of them
lasting for over two hours, Rostelecom said on Friday.
“The
analysis of the attack sources carried out by Rostelecom specialists
revealed that the traffic was generated from the home routers of
users who are usually referred to IoT devices,” Muslim
Medzhlumov, director of the Cybersecurity Center for Rostelecom,
said in
a statement,
published on the company’s website.
“A
distinctive feature of the attacks was that they were organized with
the help of devices that support the CWMP Management Protocol
(TR-069). A few weeks ago, a serious vulnerability was revealed in
the implementation of this protocol on a number of devices from
different manufacturers, which allows attackers [to] organize
DDoS-attacks. At the beginning of last week, the largest German
operator Deutsche Telecom was subjected to an attack on users’ home
devices, as well as the Irish provider Eircom,” he
explained.
The
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on December 2 that it
had received intelligence of foreign intelligence services preparing
large-scale cyber-attacks in Russia in the period starting from
December 5, 2016, aimed at destabilizing Russia’s financial system
and the activities of a number of major Russian banks.
A
RIA Novosti source close to the Central Bank reported that the Bank
of Russia recorded several attacks on December 5 on the site of VTB
Bank Group.
On
Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into effect an
updated doctrine on information security. It states that the
limitless flow of information has a negative impact on international
security, as it can be employed to pursue geopolitical and military
goals, thus favoring organized crime, extremists and terrorists.
The
doctrine notes that Russian government agencies, scientific centers,
and military industries are being targeted by foreign intelligence
services by means of electronic and cyber surveillance.
To
counter threats and challenges in the information environment, Russia
will build “strategic
deterrents” and
step up efforts to “prevent
armed conflicts that stem from the use of IT.”
The
doctrine also instructs government agencies to strengthen critical
information infrastructure to protect against cyber and computer
network attacks.
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