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Specialists managed to get over 90 cyber trophies last year. What awaits them in 2024?
In 2023, the US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) stepped up the use of its highly skilled digital military units, conducting more than two dozen operations around the world to identify malicious software and strengthen the defensive capabilities of allies.
U.S. Air Force General Timothy Howe said in an affidavit before the Armed Services Committee that National Cybersecurity Force (CNMF) personnel were deployed to 17 different countries last year on 22 "Hunt Forward" missions that identify and analyze malicious software and vulnerabilities in cyber networks.
This statement was a landmark for the US Cyber Command, which has not previously shared the annual rate of such missions since they began in 2018. Last year alone, cyber experts collected more than 90 malware samples, which were then published and distributed to the US cybersecurity community.
In addition, last year was the first in the history of the command, when operations "Hunt Forward" took place simultaneously in all geographical commands of the US Department of Defense — in Europe, Africa, the Indo-Pacific region, Central Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
The number of such missions may also increase significantly this year, as the United States prepares for possible interference in the November presidential election by several foreign countries at once.
Thus, active cooperation and information exchange between countries are becoming a key element in countering cyber threats. Expanding the geography of such operations demonstrates the global nature of the problem, as well as the importance of being prepared for new challenges in a daily changing digital world.
In 2023, the US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) stepped up the use of its highly skilled digital military units, conducting more than two dozen operations around the world to identify malicious software and strengthen the defensive capabilities of allies.
U.S. Air Force General Timothy Howe said in an affidavit before the Armed Services Committee that National Cybersecurity Force (CNMF) personnel were deployed to 17 different countries last year on 22 "Hunt Forward" missions that identify and analyze malicious software and vulnerabilities in cyber networks.
This statement was a landmark for the US Cyber Command, which has not previously shared the annual rate of such missions since they began in 2018. Last year alone, cyber experts collected more than 90 malware samples, which were then published and distributed to the US cybersecurity community.
In addition, last year was the first in the history of the command, when operations "Hunt Forward" took place simultaneously in all geographical commands of the US Department of Defense — in Europe, Africa, the Indo-Pacific region, Central Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
The number of such missions may also increase significantly this year, as the United States prepares for possible interference in the November presidential election by several foreign countries at once.
Thus, active cooperation and information exchange between countries are becoming a key element in countering cyber threats. Expanding the geography of such operations demonstrates the global nature of the problem, as well as the importance of being prepared for new challenges in a daily changing digital world.
