I am pretty certain I had heard of some US and UK special people working with mafia during World War II in Italy. Remember that tweet they put out where they were like, we are very patriotic people. And so we are going to support our country. That seemed really strange to me because the mafia did not send like a division to Vietnam. Right? Like what crime organizations like we are so happy to work on behalf of our government. But, no, and we're now we are way stretching my historical knowledge.
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.
Other suggested talking points include:
- What is the "Texas" of other continents?
- Drama inside the Conti ransomware gang.
- 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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