The Fantasy of Cyber War Is Much Worse Than the Fantasy

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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• HermeticWiper | New Destructive Malware Used In Cyber Attacks on Ukraine from SentinelOne
• AcidRain | A Modem Wiper Rains Down on Europe from SentinelOne
• Translated: Talos' insights from the recently leaked Conti ransomware playbook
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