Russia’s opening cyber salvo was clearly tied to their war planning. They seem to have used wipers to go after gov, mil and comms systems to degrade Ukraine’s defense capacity. And the attack on KA-SAT was related to Ukrainian military capacity as well. These sorts of attacks are very much in line with the traditional […]
Regarding the Kaseya Attack, Some Answers
Another spectacular raid by Russian ransom where gangs prompted a series of interesting questions by Catalin. I thought it would be worthwhile to address them. Here is the thread with the questions. I have inlined them below with my responses. Some questions in regards to the Kaseya incident: -How did REvil learn of the VSA […]
ransomware, real resolutions
Some quick thoughts on ransomware as a tractable problem. Create a superfund to hire ransomware developers and support staff. Pay them to do something productive, or at least non criminal. The only people with power over ransomware gangs are the protectors providing the safe havens they reside in. If you cannot make North Korea, China, […]