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  • Full Log4Shell Attack Chain-Enabled Conti Ransomware Gang Supports Russia; Ukrainian Gang Member Retaliates

    In early February, a cybercrime crackdown by Russian authorities included the arrest of members of the REvil gang. Overall, follow-up reports suggested a growing sentiment that the Russian authorities were out to optimize the appeasement value to the U.S. of the arrests. We later suggested that the REvil Gang arrest was possibly a false flag…

  • Cyber Incident Reporting Rule for Critical Infrastructure Approved by U.S. Senate

    Hours before the State of the Union address, the Senate unanimously passed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act,  which is actually various bills that have now been made into one piece of legislation. Months ago, the measures had previously been removed from the annual defense policy bill.

  • The 2022 Russian Invasion and Ukraine Defence: A Black Day Scenario

    A ‘Black Day’ in European military culture is historically associated with a day on which the Army suffers its worse number of casualties. In the war so far, public information at the time of this analysis has identified that Russian military losses have been substantial.  Substantial losses during an invasion are to be expected: defenders…

  • Global Crypto and Digital Currency Initiatives: India, Argentina, and Russia

    We continue with our brief survey of crypto and digital currency initiatives from around the globe, all of which are officially sanctioned to enhance national competitive advantage (in the event crypto overtakes the US dollar as the global reserve currency).  It is the cumulative adoption rate of state-sanctioned crypto and digital currency legalization and regulation…

  • Department of Defense Acknowledges that Contractor Consolidation has Created a National Security Risk

    A recent report from the Department of Defense highlights the risk the U.S. national security posed by an increasing consolidation of Defense contractors.   At OODA, we continue to highlight how disruptive technology can provide innovation advantage and work hard to get new capabilities introduced into the Department of Defense and intelligence community through the OODA…

  • John Boyd on Patterns of Conflict and the OODA Loop

    John Boyd studied. He studied fighter pilot tactics, studied aeronautical engineering, studied bureaucrats and how to avoid their traps, studied evolution and biology, and studied history. And Boyd synthesized in a way that only a real practitioner of war could to produce a briefing called Patterns of Conflict that is still having a big impact on…

  • Durham’s Filing: Lessons Here On Insider Threats at the Highest Level

    The recent John Durham filing alleges that a tech executive used his previous company’s access “to nonpublic domain name system (DNS) data” in order to analyze potential links between the Trump organization and a Russian bank. Ostensibly, the tech executive ultimately used the company’s contract with the Executive Office (or the transitional team) to exploit…

  • Anonymous Wages War on Russia

    Back in December, we provided coverage and analysis of the first meeting of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Administration (CISA) Advisory Committee.  We noted then that CISA Director Jen Easterly and Def Con Founder Jeff Moss (a CISA Advisory Committee Member) at the meeting were less concerned with collaboration with the business community and, instead,…

  • Global Crypto and Digital Currency Initiatives: El Salvador, Panama, and Ukraine

    Following is a brief survey of crypto and digital currency initiatives from around the globe, all of which are officially sanctioned to enhance national competitive advantage (in the event crypto overtakes the US dollar as the global reserve currency).  It is the cumulative adoption rate of state-sanctioned crypto and digital currency legalization and regulation that…

  • Thinking Strategically About What Comes Next and How To Mitigate Risk

    As we have previously mentioned, the Russian aggression against Ukraine will have impacts far beyond the region. All companies and all government organizations (including those at local and state levels) should evaluate the potential impact of these hostilities on operations. We are a nation interconnected with the world by complex supply chains and a global…


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    OODAcon 2025

    We are in the planning stages of OODAcon 2025, which will be held 29 October 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Reston. For an overview of last year’s OODAcon see: OODAcon 2024 Welcome to OODAcon 2025

  • OODAcon 2023

    OODAcon 2023

    OODAcon 2023 October 25th – Reston, VA The anticipation of disruptive technologies has allure for those of us trying to develop informed strategies about the future, but what if those disruptive technologies already exist today? Our theme for this year’s OODAcon is FUTURE NOW as we focus on the technologies, ideas, and risks that exist right now…

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    OODAcon 2024

    The conference will feature an impressive lineup of speakers—pioneers who are steering the direction of their respective fields towards a unified vision of the future. OODAcon 2024 is your arena to witness, participate, and contribute to the dialogue that drives innovation forward. Join us in hacking the future, together, as we navigate the complexities of…