U N C L A S S I F I E D SECTION 01 OF 02 ITSREP 00001


DEPT. ITS

TAGS: DIT, SEC, VAD

SUBJ: VADARE CYBERSECURITY LEGISLATION - 04/01/2019

REF: VAD 50

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Summary
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1. Based on annual reports by state agencies and threat intelligence firms, it appears that Vadare is among the top five (5) sources of cybercrime.

2. Several prominent cybercrime syndicates either operate within its territory or utilize compromised systems as a staging ground for their operations.

3. Despite international pressure, none of these syndicates or associated individuals have been successfully prosecuted.

4. Given the absence of more robust legislation and political will, we do not foresee a significant decline in cybercrime associated with Vadare.


S E N S I T I V E SECTION 01 OF 02 ITSREP 00001


DEPT. ITS

TAGS: DIT, SEC, VAD

SUBJ: MEDIA DOS ATTRIBUTION - 08/06/2019

REF: VAD 55

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Summary
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1. The incident involves bots under the control of the Cohnal and Halfar botnets.

2. Both botnets have previously been associated with spyware campaigns aimed at stealing sensitive banking information.

3. In this instance, the bots used a combination of volume-based and application-layer DDoS attacks.

4. Malicious traffic was first observed on the 3rd of August and peaked on the 5th.

5. Approximately 80% of the malicious traffic traces back to hosts geographically located in Vadare.