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Threat Trends: Reflections on Russian Cyber Threat Activity During the War in Ukraine

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The GRU's Reuse of Tools During the War on Ukraine

I think for me one thing that has been maybe not under-appreciated but under I think discussed is just how fast and how just your volume the GRU has operated since they're the invasion of Ukraine. We saw the GRU consistently leveraging like Empire Metasplatin Impact Kit you know things that are widely available they're public tools empires pretty old at this point. Why are they using these type of like tooling when they could ostensibly just build their own empire build their own custom tooling? It's because it works and it allows them to have these quick turnaround ops that they need to sustain this balance of access and action during their wartime operations.

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