KLEPTOCRACY AND RUSSIAN CYBERCRIMINALS The use of deniable actors is hardly unique to Russia, but the state’s complicity and even outright involvement in organized crime is. OODA’s reports “The …
Cybercriminals as the Russian State’s Deniable Proxies
Putin’s Russia has demonstrated a penchant for relying on proxies to provide a degree of deniability while pursuing its military objectives. As noted in Christoph Zürcher’s book The post-Soviet wars: …
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Flaw in iTunes for Windows Abused for Ransomware Attacks
Security researchers with Morphisec are warning the BitPaymer ransomware actors have been exploiting a security flaw in the Bonjour updater for the Windows version of Apple iTunes in order to avoid …
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What We All Need To Know About The Impacts of A Truly Global Internet
Humans are more connected now than ever before. With the invention of the Internet we have established unprecedented, instantaneous access to (1) each other through social media, texting, and emails; …
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Future Proof Conference
You have found a page from a previous event! Please do check it out to get a feel for our history and our roots. But be sure to see what we have in store for 2024 and beyond. Visit: OODAcon …
‘The Cyberthreat Handbook’ Released, Documents ‘Who’s Who’ of Attackers
A new report by Thales and Verint provides an extensive overview of the major threat groups operating in cyberspace. The study looks at the campaigns of around 60 hacking groups over a one-year …
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What You Need To Know About Hostile Social Manipulation
Overview A recent RAND report looks at the role of information warfare and how targeted social media campaigns and similar approaches are deployed to cause damage to a state. RAND has coined the …
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Any war between the US and Iran would be a catastrophe. And no one could win it
Escalating tensions between the US and Iran brought the countries to the brink of war earlier this year, and the situation has far from improved since then. While Washington and Tehran have so far …
Airbus hit by series of cyber attacks on suppliers
In the last 12 months, threat actors have launched four supply-chain attacks targeting European multinational aerospace corporation Airbus via some of its suppliers, insiders told AFP. During this …
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Cyber Threat Analysis Report Volume 1 Edition 11
People Are Your Best First Defense Teaching your people to recognize when someone is trying to pull a fast one is a hotly debated topic in security. There is value in it to be sure, but the …
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