Agenda

Being one of the responsible entities for core internet infrastructure of Latvia, Tet is doing everything to protect users, state companies, businesses, and the whole country against the ongoing cyber warfare. In this talk, Uldis, from Tet's perspective, will share data and trends on cyber attack vectors and the role of growing DDoS attacks and other threats, as well as, how companies, state, and society in general identify and react on cyber threats.

Cyber security has continuously grown on importance at all levels - international, national, as well as individual. There are numerous EU and NATO initiatives with the aim to strenghten the cyber security - both at the organizational, but also at a member state level. This presentation will cover the most relevant initiatives at the EU and NATO level and explain how they are interconnected with the actions at the national level, including the ongoing work on the establishment of National Cyber Security Center and the related work on the national legislation review.

Overview of where we stand in terms of implementation of the 2020 Cybersecurity strategy and particularly in the wake of Russian military aggression against Ukraine.

APTs and Criminals develop sophisticated malware to make profit. Their concept works due to the fact that victims often pay ransoms or stolen data is sold in the dark web, which usually refinances the malware development since it often works against millions of systems. If a malware only worked against single systems, the development would be unprofitable and this vicious circle would be broken. Our goal must be to make malware development unprofitable. Consequently, reusability of malware should be significantly reduced. With this presentation we would like to propose a new concept as a way ahead: software customization and individualization.

A brief overview of investigations into the use of Bumblebee Loader malware and attempts to identify campaigns and upstream infrastructure.

A timeline analysis of the on-going cyber warfare between Ukraine and Russia, going through methodologies, tactics and techniques. Alongside with an analysis of the collateral impact of cyber warfare operations.

The presentation contains information about phishing attacks, which are related to the data of the results of dozens of social engineering simulation tests conducted in Latvia, with additional recommendations on how to minimize these risks.

Innovation leader LMT shares its experience with how the digital transformation of physical security has successfully overcome numerous challenges and created new opportunities, increasing understanding of technologies and boosting interaction between digital and physical environments, while facing a shortage of personnel, rising data volumes, and related costs.