Summary 2021 began with an unprecedented attack on the seat of government in the United States on January 6th. In fact, the OODA Loop Daily Pulse released at 10 AM EST on the 6th had this ominous …
What do the Apache Log4j Vulnerability, Security Community Outreach Efforts, Cognitive Infrastructure, Resilience, Anti-Fragility, John Boyd and Dune have in Common? The December 2021 OODA Network Member Meeting
To help members optimize opportunities and reduce risk, OODA hosts a monthly video call to discuss items of common interest to our membership. These highly collaborative sessions are always a great …
The New Normal? Unique New Responses to Massive, Global Cyber Theft, Data Breach and Espionage Activities (Part 3 of 3)
In Part I of this series of posts, we broke down the timeline and impact of the massive Syniverse Hack, including the most recent development in the aftermath of the massive five-year-long data …
Google Takes Down Glupteba Botnet; Files Lawsuit Against Operators
Google's Threat Analysis Group has taken down the blockchain-enabled botnet known as Glupteba, which consists of roughly 1 million compromised Windows and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Glupteba is …
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Jahon Jamali On Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the Coming Metaverse
In this OODAcast we talk with Jahon Jamali of Sarson Funds about a range of cryptocurrency issues including his coming book Deep Crypto. We also dive deep into the coming …
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Ransomware Hoax Spins Disinformation in a New Direction
On August 22, 2021, the “new” ransomware group Groove emerged on RAMP – a nascent but fairly exclusive Russian-language DarkNet cybercrime forum, according to Krebs On Security. Per a RAMP moderator …
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Renowned Encryption Experts Sound the Alarm on Client-Side Scanning (CSS)
While Facebook may be mired in Congressional controversy in the U.S. and legal battles worldwide, public safety and law enforcement officials continue to explore a viable technological solution to …
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Russia Dominates State-Sponsored Attacks, says Microsoft
According to Microsoft data, Russia accounted for the majority of state-sponsored attacks over the past year, with the SolarWinds attackers dominating threat activity. The Digital Defense Report 2021 …
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U.S. Treasury’s Response to Ransomware Gangs: Punish the Attackers and the Victims
In late September 2021, the U.S. Department of Treasury (DoT) levied sanctions against the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Suex for its part in facilitating the laundering of transactions from at …
No More Ransom Saves Victims Nearly €1 billion Over 5 Years
No More Ransom, a company that looks to prevent ransomware victims from paying millions of dollars to malicious hacking groups, has allegedly saved victims more than €1 billion over the past five …
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