A SaaS security company says a spike in cyber attacks from Russia and China in recent weeks suggests the two countries may be coordinating their cyber efforts.
SaaS Alerts, which helps managed service providers (MSPs) manage and protect customers’ SaaS apps, mentioned the finding in conjunction with the release of its annual SaaS Application Security Insights (SASI) report.
“Over the last several weeks, SaaS Alerts has seen a sharp rise in activity from countries with consistently high levels of both attempted and successful attacks originating within their borders — Russia and China,” the company said in a statement. “The vast volumes of data analyzed suggests these countries may even be coordinating attack efforts. Per analysis available from SaaS Alerts, attack trend lines that compare Russia and China show almost the exact same pattern.”
eSecurity Planet checked with some well-known threat intelligence services, and while they didn’t conclude that the attacks are coordinated, they confirm that China has increased cyber activities in Ukraine and Europe.
Ben Read, Mandiant’s Director of Intelligence Analysis, told eSecurity Planet “that we’ve seen similar…
