Security News > 2022 > March > Microsoft: Russia invasion of Ukraine ‘unlawful, unjustified’

Microsoft is decrying what it calls the "Tragic, unlawful and unjustified invasion of Ukraine" by Russia, and vowed to continue protecting the country from cyberattacks and state-sponsored disinformation campaigns.

The software giant added it will support humanitarian efforts as Ukrainians try to fend off an invading Russian army and as hundreds of thousands flee Ukraine into such neighbors as Poland, Romania, and Moldova.

Among the companies that have taken action are Google, its YouTube business, Facebook, and Twitter, which are blocking Russian state media from running ads on their sites, stopping all advertising in Russia and Ukraine or kicking off channels run by Russian state media.

Cybersecurity vendor Bitdefender is working with Romania's National Cyber Security Directorate to deliver cybersecurity expertise, technology such as antivirus products, technical consulting and threat intelligence to any company, government or private citizen in Ukraine and one year of free cybersecurity technology to any NATO or EU company or public agency looking to strengthen their security posture.

For its part, Microsoft's Smith said that hours before Russia launched any missiles or moved tanks on February 24, the corporation's Threat Intelligence Center detected "Offensive and destructive cyberattacks" against Ukraine's technology infrastructure, at least some of which involved a Windows malware package that Microsoft's researchers dubbed FoxBlade.

Microsoft alerted the Ukraine government and offered technical advice on how to prevent the malware from knocking out systems.

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