Moscow poorly served by its intelligence services, say London and Washington. Cyber phases of the hybrid war. A new zero-day, and some resurgent criminal activity.

Russian cyber operators are focusing on domestic targets, while the Viasat hack has been linked to a cyber attack on the KA-SAT network. Ukrainian hacktivists claim they can interfere with Russian geolocation signals. A new remote-code-execution problem called Spring4shell has been identified, and the Remcos Trojan is experiencing a resurgence. Malicious links are being distributed via Calendly, and Lapsus$ may be back from vacation after claiming Globant as its latest breach victim. Vladimir Putin is believed to be misinformed by his advisers on Ukraine, according to US intelligence. Russian troops are reportedly sabotaging their own equipment and refusing orders in Ukraine. A phishing campaign is targeting Russian government dissidents with Cobalt Strike. The White House has confirmed that Putin's advisers have lied to him about Ukraine. Russian efforts in Ukraine have not yet spilled over into cyberattacks on the US, according to a lawmaker.