SS-NEWS-055: Some Nonsense about Proxy Actors

Episode 55 April 04, 2022 00:32:16
SS-NEWS-055: Some Nonsense about Proxy Actors
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SS-NEWS-055: Some Nonsense about Proxy Actors

Apr 04 2022 | 00:32:16

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Show Notes

In this episode, we spend way too much time discussing a specious article about how state sanctioned criminals don't actually present any unique methods of disruption, and then hop skip and jump to Lapsus$ for a few minutes.

This one ran too long, both for the State Sanctioned, and the hack on Axie Infinity (coming next week!) so we broke it into two episodes.

Article 1 - https://www.csoonline.com/article/3655075/leaked-hacker-logs-show-weaknesses-of-russia-s-cyber-proxy-ecosystem.html
Supporting Articles:
LEAKED CHATS SHOW RUSSIAN RANSOMWARE GANG DISCUSSING PUTIN’S INVASION OF UKRAINE

Article 2 - A Closer Look at the LAPSUS$ Data Extortion Group
Supporting Articles:
Trustwave’s Action Response: The Lapsus$ Hacker Group Shows Us the Importance of Securing the Digital Supply Chain

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