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Russia test-launched its new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. The global travel and tourism sectors are projected to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2023. Global COVID-19 cases and deaths continued solid decline for a third week. Analysis: Lures Related to War in Ukraine Target Victims for Cyber Espionage Campaigns, Financial Gain. Analysis: Ukraine War Update: Mariupol Evacuation, G7 Financial Aid, Russia’s Victory Day Parade.

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Analysis: Lures Related to War in Ukraine Target Victims for Cyber Espionage Campaigns, Financial Gain

As the war in Ukraine rages on, hostile actors in cyberspace are once again using legitimate news content as part of social engineering attacks. Whereas pandemic-themed phishing emails were a favorite of malicious actors over the past couple of years, today online content related to the Russia-Ukraine war is maximizing their potential of fooling victims and compromising targets with weaponized links and attachments.

Analysis: Ukraine War Update: Mariupol Evacuation, G7 Financial Aid, Russia’s Victory Day Parade

Ukrainian officials warn that seizing Donbas is just an intermediate objective for Russian President Putin, and that his initial war aim—destroying Ukraine as an independent state—has not changed. Should Moscow succeed in encircling and destroying Ukraine’s best units in Donbas, it could push forward and try taking Kyiv once again.

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