AMA Answers From the Threat Research Trenches
DISCARDED: Tales From the Threat Research Trenches
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Is That Italian or Russian Slang in Your Code?
A lot of the code has references to Russian slang in it. There's a theory that that actor is actually a Russian individual or a Russian group, but based or partially based in Italy. Is it racist that they used Mario and their secondography campaigns? It is 100%. And to add to that, I thought it was really funny. They used Mario to hit Italy and then they used a sort of like montage of a bunch of designer fashion labels like Supreme Gucci, Prada, YSL, Saint Laurent to hit Japan. So it sort of reveals what the threat actor thinks is most appealing to these particular nationalities. If you could rename one threat actor or malware family, who
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