Lorraine: It just sounds terrifying to me that they're going to get the budget that Lorraine's describing some day. I've had several conversations with a good friend of mine who worked for a company that makes very specific kinds of cameras and technologies. He's like, if you know the system, it's terrifying what you could do if you're able to get into it. The older satellite modems setups are actually like the oldest VX works. And so if you want to actually drop a legit root kit on there, it's pretty tough to find a developer that's going to be able to deal with that.
At the onset of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many experts and government officials expected there to be two fronts of the war — one on the ground in Ukraine and one in cyberspace. But all things considered, we haven't seen as much offensive cyber warfare come from either side of this conflict this year. J.J. Cummings from Talos Threat Intelligence and Interdiction joins the show again to share his experience from working hands-on with networks in Ukraine. He, Lurene, Mitch and Matt discuss why there haven't been as many offensive attacks as we were expecting, or if they're just happening in the background and no one's talking about it.
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- Why Matt definitely doesn't spend too much time on Twitter.
- How sad should we be about the Queen of England dying?
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