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State of (CyberWar) Episode 6.2
In part III of our Middle East cyberwarfare mini-series, Hugo Tarrida and John Salomon talk about probably the most complex topic yet - Iran.
Following our analysis of the broader Middle East region, and of Israeli capabilities and activities, today's episode is an overview of Iran - the history of its online conflict capabilities, the history behind the establishment of these, and some major cyberattacks and influence campaigns attributed to the country and its various agencies and stakeholders.
Notes and Links:As with our previous vide on Israel, it's difficult to judge the impartiality and factualness of many websites describing Iranian capabilities. We will thus stick to Wikipedia unless there’s something better - we tend to trust most US or European government agencies' and mainstream vendors' analysis, and certain reputable news sites unless there is a compelling reason not to do so.
We lean a lot on "the usual suspects" such as the BBC, The Guardian, the Council on Foreign Relations, and particularly, Wikipedia; yes, we know you're not supposed to do that. As always, do your own homework and draw your own conclusions, we’re not here to push a narrative.
We have our own views and opinions of current events. This discussion is not intended to endorse or condemn any particular viewpoint.
As with Hebrew, we don't speak a word of Farsi. Online translations tend to be even less consistent than those for Hebrew, so again, your mileage may vary.
01:24 Because someone will inevitably get mad, and we don't want that.
Bonus links about Iranian disinformation activities:
02:13 Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces (or if you prefer the official website: https://www.president.ir/en/76724)
02:02 IRGC: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/irans-revolutionary-guards
02:18 IRGC, aka "Sepah" (in Iran, according to Wikipedia): https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/irans-revolutionary-guards - a very cursory search didn't yield an official website. Possibly they have some SEO work to do.
02:29 Quds Force: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quds_Force
02:34 Hezbollah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah
02:35 Houthis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_movement
02:58 We may have gotten confused here - the US government has multiple pages listing sanctions on the "IRGC-CEC", but outside of these, and news articles covering these sanctions, we can't really find anything on this organization. There is, however, the IRGC Cyber Defense Command: https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/iran/irgc-cyber.htm
03:50 A lot of information comes from either US government sanctions (see above), Iranian anti-government activist groups, and vendors/CSIRTs providing threat actor information - it is surprisingly difficult to find objective, well-researched information on IRGC and regular armed forces cyber actors. The language barrier is probably a major issue.
03:45 Information on the Supreme Council of Cyberspace (BBC: Supreme Council of Virtual Space) is slim, for example https://wilmap.stanford.edu/entries/regulatory-entity-supreme-council-cyberspace or Wikipedia´s page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Council_of_Cyberspace_(Iran) - the official website has a lot of photos of guys in hats meeting and looking serious.
05:07 National Information Network: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Information_Network
05:17 Great Firewall of China: https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2010-11/FreeExpressionVsSocialCohesion/china_policy.html - this comparison may be a bit of a stretch, although by some accounts we've read, Iran's domestic Internet offers pretty high speeds as well as content filtering/surveillance, so maybe it's not a terrible analogy.
06:20 Al Jazeera article on the topic: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/24/iran-unveils-plan-for-tighter-internet-rules-to-promote-local-platforms
07:20 https://www.hackread.com/iran-biggest-cyber-army-israel/ - includes a link to INSS report on the topic (the mentioned Israeli think tank)
07:51 Honker Union: https://www.moderninsurgent.org/post/honker-union
07:57 2010, sorry. Article: https://www.zdnet.com/article/baidu-dns-records-hijacked-by-iranian-cyber-army/
08:25 https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-335a
08:32 https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/iran
08:44 For example: https://www.zdnet.com/article/mrbminer-crypto-mining-operation-linked-to-iranian-software-firm/ and https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa22-320a - that said, we may have gotten things a bit mixed up since there are also a lot of non-malware (of the massive-pile-of-FPGA type) Iranian cryptominers - a bunch of which were shut down in 2019 after power usage concerns: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48799155
09:16 Russian government entities may not be big ransomware actors, but Russian state-affiliated and state-tolerated actors are sure a different story...
09:40 A 2022 indictment of Iranian ransomware actors came alongside OFAC sanctions of IRGC-affiliated ransomware attacks around the same time: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-sanctions-ten-iranians-linked-to-ransomware-attacks/
10:51 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62821757
11:12 OilRig / Helix Kitten: https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0049/
12:42 https://www.cfr.org/cyber-operations/
13:20 https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/iran-dupes-military-contractors-govt-agencies-cybercampaign
13:52 Shamoon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamoon
14:00 Sony Pictures hack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Sony_Pictures_hack
14:55 Operation Ababil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ababil
15:24 Nope, not gonna link it
15:35 https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/izz-ad-din-al-qassam-cyber-fighters/
16:37 Edalat-e Ali: https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/actor/edalat-e_ali - note that a lot of sites discussing this group seem to have a decidedly anti-regime view. Not that that's a bad thing, but we're really trying to keep it factual
17:11 https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/iranian-apts-dress-up-as-hacktivists-for-disruption-influence-ops
18:18 Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting: +https://www.abu.org.my/portfolio-item/islamic-republic-of-iran-broadcasting/ - again, the Iranian government is really not great at (at least English language/international) SEO for their own websites
18:57 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsa_Amini_protests
20:57 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Iran
21:30 https://www.techradar.com/news/using-a-vpn-may-be-a-crime-under-strict-new-iran-internet-law - according to a Persian language website linked to in the above Wikipedia article, Khamenei ordered the Supreme Council of Cyberspace to ban VPNs outright in February 2024.
23:04 AnonGhost; https://cybernews.com/cyber-war/israel-redalert-breached-anonghost-hamas/ - a lot of sites associate it with #OpIsrael, for example https://www.hackread.com/opisrael-anonghost-claims-leaking-hundreds-of-israeli-facebook-account-credentials/ - but given Anonymous' decentralized and fluid nature, who knows (a case study on JSTOR (pdf) that makes only passing reference to #OpIsrael refers to "Anon" as a group which it most certainly is not...)|
28:18 https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/us-document-approving-8bn-military-aid-israel-is-fake-2023-10-09/
31:14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Iranian_strikes_in_Israel
31:44 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/17/world/politics/digital-misinformation-iran-strike
33:02 https://archive.nytimes.com/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/in-an-iranian-image-a-missile-too-many/
34:54 Press TV: https://www.presstv.ir/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_TV
38:06 Also check out our episode on Chinese disinformation activities, including the 50 Cent Party: https://youtu.be/xBAJ2rBKrMcNatto Thoughts always has some good resources on disinformation: https://nattothoughts.substack.com/p/mideast-crisis-and-russia-cyberspace
New York Times - "From Opposite Sides of War, a Hunt for Elusive Facts": https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/business/media/misinformation-fact-checking
Israel-Hamas armed conflict resource hub: https://www.disinfo.eu/israel-hamas-resource-hub/
How Longstanding Iranian Disinformation Tactics Target Protests - https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/how-longstanding-iranian-disinformationtactics-target-protests
Israel-Hamas armed conflict resource hub - https://www.disinfo.eu/israel-hamas-resource-hub/You can find CyAN's Secure-in-Mind YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/@cybersecadvisors - and of course, our videos about cyber conflict on the State of (Cyber)War playlist here.
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State of (CyberWar) Episode 6.1
Join Hugo Tarrida and John Salomon for the latest part of our Middle East cyberwarfare mini-series.
We decided to split a more in-depth discussion about the two most capable actors in the region, Israel and Iran, into two half-episodes. Join us as we look at the organizations that make up Israeli cyberwarfare and -defense capabilities, the history of Israeli state-sponsored and state-aligned cyber campaigns,
We also take a brief tour of Israeli media and social media operations, including information, propaganda, disinformation, and manipulation.
If you haven't watched it yet, please consider checking out our first overview of the overall Middle East situation: https://youtu.be/X3wkTszRlck
Notes and links:Because of the highly emotionally and politically charged nature of current events, we can't tell how impartial many of the websites describing Israeli capabilities are or aren't. We will thus stick to Wikipedia unless there's either an original Israeli government webpage available, or a source we feel is somewhat authoritative, even if it's biased - in any case, do your own homework and draw your own conclusions, we're not here to push a narrative.
We have our own views and opinions of current events. This discussion is not intended to endorse or condemn any particular viewpoint.
Neither of us speaks even a bit of Hebrew. We are thus at the mercy of translation engines and webpages in languages we understand. Your mileage may vary.
02:03 CFR overview of cyberwarfare capabilities: https://www.cfr.org/cyber-operations/
Bonus links from Hugo:
02:50 Unit 8200: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_8200
03:05 Military Intelligence Directorate, aka Aman: https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/directorates/military-intelligence-directorate/military-intelligence-directorate/
03:57 Unit 81: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_81
05:01 Havatzalot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havatzalot_Program - Google's horrible translation of the Hebrew wikipedia page indicates it's some kind of lily. Flowers are nice.
05:16 Talpiot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talpiot_program - the name's apparently some biblical reference from Song of Songs 4:4 according to their LinkedIn page, that we can't figure out
06:55 Technion / Israel Institute of technology: https://www.technion.ac.il/
06:56 Hebrew University of Jerusalem: https://en.huji.ac.il/
07:30 IDF Information Security Department: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Security_Department - it's unclear whether it's the same as these guys: https://www.mitgaisim.idf.il/%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D/cyber-protection-unit/
07:40 Mamram: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamram - apparently an abbreviation of the Hebrew for "Center of Computing and Information Systems"
09:15 This may be the Israel Innovation Authority - https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/ - we're not 100% sure though
11:14 Stuxnet: https://www.wired.com/2014/11/countdown-to-zero-day-stuxnet/
11:22 Specifically, Siemens PCS7, WinCC, and STEP7 control software, and various Siemens S7 programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
22:59 TAO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailored_Access_Operations
12:16 We're going to assume you're capable of looking up Snowden and his revelations on your own
12:30 Stuxnet 2.0: https://cyware.com/news/stuxnet-20-iran-hit-by-new-more-aggressive-variant-of-powerful-industrial-control-malware-9d9c9a73
15:37 Duqu: https://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/duqu-analysis
15:38 Flame: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18238326
15:39 Duqu 2.0: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/11/duqu-20-computer-virus-with-traces-of-israeli-code-was-used-to-hack-iran-talks - the Guardian is one of the outlets that linked Duqu 2.0 to Israel
16:21 Kaspersky's Equation Group overview: https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2015_equation-group-the-crown-creator-of-cyber-espionage
17:13 Some info on those particular negotiations: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-iran-nuclear-deal
17:45 The NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html
18:38 Correction: Iranian officials disconnected oil terminals themselves as a reactive measure. BBC reporting about initial attack - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17811565 - and followup: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18253331
19:44 Pegasus (NSO Group): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware) - interestingly, just after we finished this recording, there were reports of "fake" Pegasus variants for sale: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fake-pegasus-spyware-dark-web/
20:16 Kaspersky on Flame: https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2012_kaspersky-lab-experts-provide-in-depth-analysis-of-flame-s-c-c-infrastructure
20:51 NSO Group: https://www.nsogroup.com/
21:18 Chrysaor: https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chrysaor-android-spyware-app-smartphone-cameras-hack-photos-pegasus-google-a7666306.html
21:34 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3927410,00.html
21:41 Should have dug just a little more: https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-watchdog-group-say-israeli-spyware-used-hack-civil-society-2023-04-11/
22:33 Again the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/03/over-200-spanish-mobile-numbers-possible-targets-pegasus-spyware
23:32 Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rif_War - see you in a few months
23:56 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/17/spain-blocks-ship-carrying-weapons-israel-gaza-war/
24:09 This is a very contentious, and very open legal question.
24:21 (German link) https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/us-geheimdienst-nsa-forschte-merkel-umfassender-aus-als-bislang-bekannt-1.2876007 - caveat: it's Wikileaks. They have been known to have...issues. That said, the investigation was closed in 2015 due to insufficient evidence: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/12/413866194/germany-closes-probe-into-alleged-u-s-hacking-of-merkels-phone - again, make of that what you will.
25:26 Predatory Sparrow/Gonjeshke Darande: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62072480 (with bonus steel mill fire video and dramatic music). Wired article with timeline of attacks: https://www.wired.com/story/predatory-sparrow-cyberattack-timeline/
25:54 https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/16/iran-israel-conflict-missile-attack-cyberattacks-warfare/
28:50 https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-731636 - interestingly, a lot of the best investigative journalism exposing this kind of Israeli activity comes from the Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, and other Israeli news channels. Another story from Haaretz, and one from The Guardian on the topic
31:13 Very intelligently, we failed to note down the link to the specific story. Good job. But looking for idf manipulate social media site:haaretz.com yields a bonanza of articles on the topic.
31:51 Given Eurovision's colorful history of political controversies, we're not even going to start on this one...for the 2024 contest, there's numerous claims that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs ran a campaign to influence audience voting - here's an article (in Hebrew, use the translation site of your choice) from Ynet: https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/sykjyhaza
32:36 For example, via the IDF Spokesperson's Unit International Media Branch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDF_Spokesperson's_Unit. In fairness, a lot of government agencies / armed forces actively try to shape public perception through relationships with private sector channels. The US Defense Department's relationship is a very well documented example, with the Entertainment Media Office providing personnel and equipment to film productions that follow strict rules about how the US armed forces are portrayed: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-aug-21-la-ca-military-movies-20110821-story.html (Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93entertainment_complex). It's a safe assumption that most major militaries do not have just media and public relations teams, but actively cultivate contacts with journalists to try and influence their reporting.https://www.disinfo.eu/israel-hamas-resource-hub/ - a list of resources surrounding disinformation in the Israel-Hamas conflict
Our friends at Natto Thoughts on disinformation in the Mideast conflict: https://nattothoughts.substack.com/p/mideast-crisis-and-russia-cyberspace
The New York Times on fact hunting in the Israel-Hamas conflict: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/business/media/misinformation-fact-checking-israel-hamas.htmlOriginal video at https://youtu.be/KtshVacVwZ0
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In today's conversation, Craig Rowland joins us to talk about the often overlooked significance of Linux as a key part of global communications and computing infrastructure, and discuss various types threats targeting Linux systems.
Malware, attackers, and techniques are often very distinct from those seen on Windows; Craig shares insights all of these from his extensive experience both writing and reverse-engineering Linux malware.
Craig is CEO of Sandfly Security, a New Zealand-based provider of Linux threat behavior scanning tools. Full disclosure: John Salomon is a paid consultant to Sandfly Security.
Notes from the video:
03:48 I can't find a source for the 95% figure, but a 2023 ZDNet article says 90%, which seems to be the most common figure: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-has-over-3-of-the-desktop-market-its-more-complicated-than-that/
03:55 Percentage of top million websites running Linux is another interesting statistic, which seems to be well above 90%. For example: https://gitnux.org/linux-statistics/
04:08 https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-flying-penguin-linux-in-flight-entertainment-systems-65541.html etc. etc.
05:54 France's Gendarmerie Nationale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu
06:40 https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-is-shifting-back-from-microsoft-to-open-source-again/
14:10 A propos, F5 has some interesting ways of using web shells as an attack vector: https://www.f5.com/labs/learning-center/web-shells-understanding-attackers-tools-and-techniques
14:40 "attacks on kubernetes" is a fun web search string. Same for "attacks on S3 buckets". Enjoy.
14:56 https://redis.io/solutions/messaging/
15:42 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Tuesday
17:40 To be fair, Bob in Accounting is a pretty powerful entry point to the organization for various types of cyberattackers.
19:35 Mirai botnet: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/mirai-botnet/
19:37 NoaBot: https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/mirai-based-noabot-crypto-mining
20:35 Chroot (change root directory): https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/chroot
27:42 PuTTY: https://www.putty.org/
29:45 There are several cryptojackers that try to neutralize competing malware, e.g. ChaosRAT https://www.trendmicro.com/en_th/research/22/l/linux-cryptomining-enhanced-via-chaos-rat-.html or Jenkins https://www.f5.com/labs/articles/threat-intelligence/new-jenkins-campaign-hides-malware--kills-competing-crypto-miner
35:30 For example LockBit: https://www.akamai.com/blog/security/learning-from-the-lockbit-takedown
35:37 My mistake - AvosLocker is also a Linux port of Windows malware: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/ransomware-spotlight/ransomware-spotlight-avoslocker - HiddenWasp may be a better example: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cyber-attacks/hiddenwasp-malware-targets-linux-systems-borrows-code-from-mirai-winnti
35:42 Diamorphine LKM rootkit: https://github.com/m0nad/Diamorphine
36:44 https://core.vmware.com/esxi - an example is ESXiArgs ransomware: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-039a
38:42 Abuse.ch MalwareBazaar: https://bazaar.abuse.ch/
38:49 Fraunhofer FKIE Malpedia: https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de
39:35 You could just run a Linux version of the virus aquarium: https://xkcd.com/350/
39:52 A few examples of VM detection: https://www.cynet.com/attack-techniques-hands-on/malware-anti-vm-techniques/
41:15 Joe Sandbox: https://www.joesandbox.com/
42:10 No I won't, because I can't find it. Bit of Baader-Meinhof going on there...
42:59 https://www.youtube.com/@SandflySecurityCraig on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craighrowland/
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In today's episode of State of (Cyber)War, Hugo Tarrida and John Salomon talk about the background and current state of cyber conflict in the Middle East.
We give an overview of some of the major state actors involved, and zero in on the structures, groups, and motivations of the two main regional adversaries - Iran and Israel.
Notes and links:
Due to the volume of supporting links and text, we've listed them on the CyAN blog, available here: https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/2024/04/10/state-of-cyberwar-episode-5-notes/
Original video episode avaialable at https://youtu.be/X3wkTszRlck
Hugo Tarrida on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugo-tarrida-32915a204/
John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/
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In today's episode of State of (Cyber)War, Hugo Tarrida and John Salomon talk about China's approach to cyberwar. What is the history behind Chinese cyber capabilities? What are Chinese geopolitical, economic, and social objectives that drive their international cyber activities? What are some of the biases that we should be aware of when evaluating the trajectory of China and its cyberwar abilities?
Also don't forget to check out our previous video about Chinese disinformation activities here: https://youtu.be/xBAJ2rBKrMc
Notes and links:
Hugo Tarrida on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugo-tarrida-32915a204/
John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/Wikipedia article worth reading about Chinese cyber warfare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberwarfare_by_China
05:42 Granted, Stuxnet was a joint US-Israeli venture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
07:06 https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-says-its-working-major-new-agreement-with-iran-2023-12-12/
14:05 Titan Rain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_Rain
Related: Operation Aurora (2009) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aurora
15:20 https://www.npr.org/2022/05/11/1098368201/a-spying-scandal-and-the-fate-of-western-sahara
17:07 The case of Wen Ho Lee, one of several perpetrators of military espionage: https://sgp.fas.org/crs/nuke/RL30143.pdf
20:30 https://nattothoughts.substack.com - Nellie Ohr and her team do excellent analysis work
20:50 "An Analysis of China's Great Cannon" - https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/foci15/foci15-paper-marczak.pdf
Shoutout to fellow UC Berkeley CSUA member Nick Weaver for co-authoring this paper)
27:48 E.g. "The 'Century of Humiliation' and China's National Narratives" - https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/3.10.11Kaufman.pdf
29:42 Belt and Road Initiative - https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-massive-belt-and-road-initiative
32:38 Referenced here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_information_operations_and_information_warfare ("Definitions" section)
32:45 The Three Warfares: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADB372300.pdf
34:04 The Nine-Dash Line: https://chinaus-icas.org/research/map-spotlight-nine-dash-line/
34:52 In fact, ruled to be explicitly illegal by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016:
https://pca-cpa.org/en/news/pca-press-release-the-south-china-sea-arbitration-the-republic-of-the-philippines-v-the-peoples-republic-of-china/
36:19 US FBI director Christopher Wray recently warned about this: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/31/1228153857/wray-chinese-hackers-national-securityThe State of (Cyber)War is a project by members of the Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN), with an interest in information security topics relevant to geopolitics, military cyberdefence, diplomacy, and other international topics. We discuss various aspects of both current and past issues from the point of view of interested amateurs with varying degrees of experience in the field, in a not-always-entirely-serious format.
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Join James Briscoe and John Salomon in the latest episode of the State of (Cyber)War podcast as they discuss the People's Republic of China and some of its disinformation capabilities.
This informal conversation includes discussion about Chinese foreign election interference, domestic social media manipulation, Taiwan, China's foreign political and economic interests and more.
John Salomon - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/
James Briscoe - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbriscoe/02:10 Xi Jinping's new year's address, via CCTV: https://youtu.be/TEd3CtcL1pU?si=MAiKGP-SPjm8cjCe
02:50 Xi Zhongxun, Chinese revolutionary leader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Zhongxun
04:00 Taiwanese elections 2024: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Taiwanese_general_election
04:08 Kuomintang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang
04:27 Democratic Progressive Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party
05:45 1992 Consensus: https://thediplomat.com/2022/07/the-1992-consensus-why-it-worked-and-why-it-fell-apart/
07:15 These are the Valemax ore carriers: https://vale.com/w/fleet-of-ships-serving-vale-receives-first-ore-carrier-in-the-world-equipped-with-rotor-sails
09:12 50 Cent Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party
09:52 Nine-dotted line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-dash_line
10:04 Belt and Road Initiative: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-massive-belt-and-road-initiative
13:00 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSIN277923/
13:43 NY Times article on the topic: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/us/politics/china-disinformation-ai.html
14:15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Chinese_balloon_incident
14:42 A lot of this is obviously speculation. https://www.wired.com/story/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-tiktok/
16:42 Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank: https://www.aiib.org/en/index.html
19:35 An article about PRC influence on the Taiwanese elections: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/taiwan-presidential-election-china-influence
20:32 https://www.npr.org/2023/11/30/1215898523/meta-warns-china-online-social-media-influence-operations-facebook-elections
21:05 A US State Department briefing on this topic: https://www.state.gov/briefings-foreign-press-centers/how-the-prc-amplifies-russian-disinformation
24:15 United Front Work Department: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Front_Work_Department
26:25 Some points about interference in US elections: https://gdil.org/russian-and-chinese-influence-actors-and-operations-against-the-american-electorate/
29:34 Hundred Years of Humiliation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation
30:30 The Avoidable War, by Kevin Rudd: https://www.avoidablewar.com/
32:23 Natto Thoughts: https://nattothoughts.substack.com/
32:26 The disinformation handbook (part I): https://nattothoughts.substack.com/p/disinformation-handbook-a-conciseA few links on the topic worth reading:
Chinese information operations against Taiwan:
https://therecord.media/taiwan-elections-china-interference
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/taiwan-presidential-election-china-influence
https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/beijing-tries-to-capitalize-on-taiwans-controversial-rocket-alert/
https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/rip-off-the-blindfold-let-taiwanese-civil-society-learn-from-ukraine/
https://fpri.org/article/2023/12/whats-at-stake-in-upcoming-taiwan-election/General Chinese disinfo operations:
https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2023/10/dismantling-the-disinformation-business-of-chinese.html
https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/joint-capabilities/13356-report-massive-chinese-disinformation-campaign-uncovered-on-youtubehttps://medium.com/doublethinklab/propaganda-analysis-how-different-actors-in-chinas-information-ecosystem-portray-the-ukraine-war-ac82713c2f68
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Welcome to episode 2 of CyAN's State of (Cyber) War series.
Today, James Briscoe and John Salomon talk about Japan - its national cyberdefence capabilities, the regional and global threat landscape, regulations and laws, and how all of these are evolving in the face of changing geopolitical realities and technologies.
A few notes from our chat:
02:25 US-Japan 1960 joint security treaty: https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/n-america/us/q&a/ref/1.html
02:37 Article 9 Japanese constitution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_9_of_the_Japanese_Constitution
02:45 SCAP: Supreme commander allied powers
02:58 Japan Self Defense Forces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces
05:01 2019 US-Japan security treaty update: https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000470738.pdf
06:54 national security strategy end of 2022: https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/siryou/221216anzenhoshou/nss-e.pdf
08:14 Lazarus Group: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/9/us-japan-south-korea-launch-new-efforts-to-counter-n-korea-cyber-threats
10:35 Lazarus Group's cryptocurrency thefts: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/12/01/north-korean-hackers-lazarus-group-stolen-3b-in-cryptocurrency/
11:29 https://www.dragonflyintelligence.com/news/japan-shift-to-a-more-offensive-cyber-posture-in-2023/
11:35 https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-to-quadruple-cyber-defense-forces-meeting-threats-head-on
12:47 The 2016 revision in question: https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000143304.pdf
13:37 The spending increase to 2% request: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/japan-makes-record-defence-spending-request-amid-tension-with-china-2023-08-31/
13:59 It's actually 2% as well: https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2023/07/03/defence-spending-sustaining-the-effort-in-the-long-term/index.html
14:39 CCDCOE: https://ccdcoe.org/
14:46 Locked Shields exercise: https://ccdcoe.org/exercises/locked-shields/
15:33 The official in question was former US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/political-series/20221122-72394/
16:05 The Japanese National Security Strategy allows for development of a posture for information warfare and introduction of active cyber defence in cybersecurity. It will create a government information warfare department, allowing government to aggregate and analyze the situation on disinformation originated abroad. The National Center for Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity is to be restructured to establish an new organisation to coordinate policies between the police and JSDF. This will allow for active cyber defence against attackers. Training for 4000 cyber ‘warriors’ and 16k cyber-capable JSDF members over 5 years is also foreseen. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans AI to enhance monitoring of information and intelligence analysis. Furthermore, defence industry profit margin will be permitted to increase to a max of 15%.
16:45 The Nagoya port ransomware attack of July 2023: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-06/nagoya-port-delays-restart-following-alleged-ransomware-attack
17:10 The Chinese cyberattack on the Japanese defence network:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/08/japan/japan-china-hack-defense-network/ - WaPo article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/07/china-japan-hack-pentagon/
17:23 KillNet ceases attacks on Japan: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/09/9846d4bf7aee-pro-russia-hacker-group-stops-cyberattacks-on-japan-due-to-money-woes.html
20:17 2023 Amendments to Telecommunications Business Act: https://www.dataguidance.com/news/japan-amendments-telecommunications-business-act-enter
20:20 Unauthorized Computer Access Law (UCAL): https://iclg.com/practice-areas/cybersecurity-laws-and-regulations/japanJames Briscoe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbriscoe/
John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/Check out the rest of CyAN's media channels on https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/media - and visit us at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network
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Welcome to episode 1 of CyAN's new State of (Cyber) War series.
Join John Salomon and James Briscoe in a discussion of offensive cyberoperations involving Russian actors, parallels to historical attacks on civilians, expectations and limitations of information operations, and more.
A few notes from our chat:
05:10 James' research paper on Russia/Ukraine: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6899132398601162752/
05:30 Conti ransomware group: https://flashpoint.io/blog/history-of-conti-ransomware/
08:55 2016 Ukraine power grid attacks: https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ukraine-cyberattack-power-grid-blackout-destruction/
11:15 Stuxnet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
12:47 James' follow-up work: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6944843584533581824/
14:35 The Dukes: https://www.cfr.org/cyber-operations/dukes
Cozy Bear: https://www.crowdstrike.com/adversaries/cozy-bear/
NotPetya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Ukraine_ransomware_attacks
18:32 Lazarus Group: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/pl/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/a-look-into-the-lazarus-groups-operations
20:11 2022 Yandex Moscow taxi hack: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/09/02/gridlock-as-hackers-order-hundreds-of-taxis-to-same-place-in-moscow
20:25 2023 GUR Russian state tax service hack: https://therecord.media/ukraine-intelligence-claims-attack-on-russia-tax-service
23:22 2022 Belarus railway hack: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/25/cyberpartisans-hack-belarusian-railway-to-disrupt-russian-buildup
24:04 Alexander Lukashenko and the Ukraine invasion map: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/lukashenko-ukraine-russia-belarus-invasion-map-b2026440.html
25:23 Syrian Electronic Army: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Electronic_Army
29:03 Momotarō no Umiwashi came out in 1942: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D_no_UmiwashiOriginal YouTube video is at https://youtu.be/VlP_L3xX2Lo
James Briscoe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbriscoe/
John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/Check out the rest of CyAN's media channels on https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/media - and visit us at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network
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Juan Ignacio Nicolossi, PRODAFT Team Leader for threat intelligence, joins us today from Chile to discuss the Snatch ransomware group. Active since mid-2018, Snatch has caused havoc in a variety of companies and government agencies.
In this episode, we discuss Snatch's techniques, the significance of how they use stolen information, and how their approach to what's important to customers means for the future of extortion.
CISA #StopRansomware Snatch advisory: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/joint-cybersecurity-advisory-stopransomware-snatch-ransomware_0.pdf
Ransomlook.io Snatch profile: https://www.ransomlook.io/group/snatch
ALPHV (BlackCat) regulatory extortion article: https://www.darkreading.com/risk/alphv-ransomware-group-files-sec-complaint-against-own-victim
PRODAFT is a Netherlands-based cyber-threat intelligence analysis firm - their website is at https://prodaft.com
Full disclosure: John Salomon is a paid, part-time advisor to PRODAFT.
Juan Nicolossi's LinkedIn profile is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-ignacio-nicolossi-baeza-286b035a/
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Dmytro Bilash joins us for a conversation about online disinformation - what it is, how it adversely affects democratic societies, who's behind it, and how we can combat this major and growing threat to social cohesion and political and economic stability.
A few contextual link from our discussion:
Dr. Egor Zakharov of the Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute, Zurich (ETHZ) - AI expert, and participant in the ITBN AI&disinformation fireside chat: https://ait.ethz.ch/people/egorzakharov
John Oliver/Last Week Tonight segment on Myanmar-related hate speech on Facebook: https://youtu.be/OjPYmEZxACM
The Assault on Intelligence, by Michael V. Hayden: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566537/the-assault-on-intelligence-by-michael-v-hayden/
Offline, by Crooked Media - episode on TikTokers "discovering" Osama Bin Laden's "Letter to America": https://youtu.be/kk84mCHWds8
Shaping Europe's Digital Future - Tackling online disinformation: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/online-disinformation
Finland is winning the war on fake news - CNN, 2019: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/05/europe/finland-fake-news-intl/
Dmytro Bilash is a cybersecurity expert and investor, and co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Osavul, a Ukrainian AI cyberdefence firm. Visit them at https://www.osavul.cloud/
You can find Dmytro on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmytro-bil
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Kojo Osei Amoyaw-Osei is a master's candidate at EM-Lyon Business School. He joins us today to discuss his thesis project for the MSc programme in Cybersecurity and Defence Management.
Businesses face a growing set of challenges when building their information security maturity - specifically, Kojo has identified three core paradoxes in his research:
1) Personalisation - delivering personalised experiences while respecting privacy preferences
2) Regulation - balancing regulatory compliance with data-driven strategies and innovation
3) Trust - earning and maintaining trust by adopting transparent data practices, implementing robust data security measures, and demonstrating responsible data useThis episode of the CyAN Secure-in-Mind video and podcast series turns our usual format around, as Kojo interviews John Salomon, the usual host of these sessions, based on his extensive experience in the industry, as part of his thesis research.
EM Lyon MsC in Cybersecurity and Defence Management: https://em-lyon.com/en/news/who-will-you-learn-msc-cybersecurity-defense-management-program
Kojo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kojooseiamoyawosei/
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Thanks Jillian Kwong, Research Scientist at Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS), for joining us today as we discuss Jillian's work in cybersecurity third party risk management and more.
Jillian has a PhD in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, where her dissertation looked at the human and managerial side of data privacy (e.g. GDPR, CCPA) implementation within mostly small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). She's also a participant in the Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN) mentorship pilot programme.
Cybersecurity is a metrics-driven field; "soft" factors like management style, or how humans process information, are a major challenges for less mature, smaller enterprises. This is more and more the case as regulatory and good practices requirements drive firms to understand their supply chain risk. How can smaller organisations live up to these expectations?
Even when a tremendous wealth of information and resources are available to help such firms, doing the right thing can be a daunting, difficult process.
Jillian has significant experience in understanding the day-to-day challenges of small business and their management through interviews and case studies as a complementary approach to more objective, quantifiable cybersecurity.
This has allowed her to document the interconnected, complex nature of cybersecurity activities in SMEs.
Visit Jillian on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jilliankwong
Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan: https://cams.mit.edu
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In today's Secure-in-Mind episode, we talk about cyberwarfare with Hugo Tarrida.
Hugo recently finished his master’s with a focus on cyber and hybrid warfare and the impact it has on security, at King's College London.
Cyber and hybrid warfare are rapidly evolving domains of conflict that encompass a wide array of threats and tactics. These strategies involve cyberattacks aimed at disrupting critical infrastructure, which includes power grids, financial systems, and communication networks, posing significant risks to national security. To counter these threats, effective strategies have to be developed and improved to counter an ever-growing digitalised and interconnected word.
We delve into the impact of public-private collaboration aimed at fortifying defences, sharing threat intelligence, and developing resilience to mitigate the impacts of cyber warfare. In this ever-changing landscape, understanding these concepts and fostering cooperation is paramount for safeguarding our digital future.'
Visit Hugo on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugo-tarrida-ortega-32915a204
King's College London: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/
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Remy Bertot joins us for the latest Secure-in-Mind episode. Based on his work with Passbolt, makers of a popular open source password manager, Remy shares his observations on current trends and future expecations of passwords, authentication tokens, and similar mechanisms.
We talk about security in open source software, certifications and audits, telemetry and usage statistics, and how such OSS projects can optimize the community's knowledge.
Maybe most importantly, Remy discusses privacy-restricting legislation such as the current UK Online Safety Bill - and how these are bad things for society. Remy is a contributor to Encryption Europe, an initiative designed to help support privacy, not least in the face of such governmental overreach.
Check out Remy's LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/remy-bertot-7913a0254/
Passbolt is at https://www.passbolt.com/
Visit Encryption Europe at https://encryptioneurope.eu/
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Today's Secure-in-Mind episode features a discussion with (soon to be Dr.) Florian Hantke, a candidate in the pilot intake of the CyAN mentorship pilot programmed.
Florian is conducting advanced research on vulnerability management and information security trends as part of the secure web applications group at CISPA Helmholtz, a major German academic research network. He is an accomplished penetration tester, capture-the-flag contestant, and ethical hacker.
Among the topics we visit today are an overview of his current project on using "web archeology" - using web archives to evaluate past cybersecurity trends, Florian's views on the effectiveness of information security topics in German academia and how what it entails, and his recent experience in finding and reporting a number of embarrassing web vulnerabilities.
We talk about generational differences in spotting fraud and security issues, getting into cybersecurity as an area of interest and career choice, and more.
Florian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-hantke-59ba0522b/
Website: https://fhantke.de/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fh4ntkeCISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security - https://cispa.de/
"You Call This Archaeology? Evaluating Web Archives for
Reproducible Web Security Measurements" - https://swag.cispa.saarland/papers/hantke2023archaeology.pdfFlorian's blog post describing his experiences reporting web vulnerabilities in wedding photo sharing sites: https://fh4ntke.medium.com/till-breach-do-us-part-the-uninvited-guest-at-your-wedding-2aed35755456
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The cybersecurity employment market is in a unique situation - teams are often underfunded and overtaxed, while layoffs at big tech and other security-reliant critical firms have left insecurity in the industry - as regulatory requirements and evolving threats require ever more attention to the topic.
Meanwhile, academic institutions are continuously challenged to improve their approaches to developing the next generation of talent. Cyber- and information security are broad topics, and benefit from a wide range of knowledge, experiences, and areas of study - not just hard core hands-on tech skills.
This raises questions about how aspiring cybersecurity experts should direct their studies, and how academic leaders and institutions can support them in this journey.
Today we welcome Dr. Gergely "Greg" Dzsinich, CyAN board member and professor at Emlyon business school in Lyon, France, and Florian Muntner, a masters degree candidate embarking on a cybersecurity career later this year who is supporting a privacy project led by Prof. Dzsinich.
Join us as we talk about a wide range of considerations when aiming for a cybersecurity career via various academic disciplines, as well as the unique project approach of the Emlyon team to create continuity among successive "generations" of students aiming for careers in the cybersecurity field.
You can find Dr. Dzsinich on LinkedIn here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gdzsinich/
...and Florian Muntner here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-muntner/This episode of Secure-in-Mind is also available in video form at https://youtu.be/yQWF1DNubbU
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Many of us have fallen victims to scams. Most of us know someone else who has. Fraud did not start with the Internet, but it has unfortunately become an integral part of the online experience.
Jorij Abraham is Managing Director of the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), a non-profit organization based in Amsterdam and a partner to CyAN.
In today's Secure-in-Mind episode, we talk about GASA's mission fighting scams of all sorts. What is a scam? What types of scams are most common around the world, who are the victims, and who are the major perpetrators?
Jorij shares his experience in helping to fight abuse, whether it involves fake work visa promises, business email compromise, as well as subscription, romance, crypto, and many other scams that defraud innocent victims of their money. How are we working with law enforcement? What are tech companies doing to fight scams? And, as always, we ask Jorij his views on what the future will bring.
CyAN strongly endorses GASA's mission; visit them at https://gasa.org, as well as their https://scamadviser.com service where you can check whether something is a known scam.
Consider also register for GASA's annual summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on Oct 18-19 2023 - https://www.gasa.org/event-details/4th-global-anti-scam-summit-2023
You can find Jorij on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorijabraham/
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Let's face it: your company will be breached. This is just a reality in today's business world. The first step is to accept this, and to understand why it happens. The next step is to take steps to minimize the damage from a security incident when it inevitably occurs.
In today's episode of the Secure-in-Mind series of conversations about security topics, CyAN explores the topic of surviving a cyber incident - from both a human and an organizational level.
How do you prepare for something you've never experienced before? What can you do to mitigate the damage when it happens? Will your business survive? And who do you turn to when things go wrong?
Geoff Leeming is founder and consultant with Pragma, a Singapore-based cybersecurity firm providing preventative and response services to businesses around the world. You can find him on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffleeming
Visit Pragma at https://pragma.ltd/
Check out the video version of this chat at https://youtu.be/9tCLFkuqJ1E - and don't forget to watch the rest of CyAN's great videos at https://youtube.com/@cybersecadvisors
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In today's episode of the Secure-in-Mind series, I'm joined by Anthony Hess, CEO of co-founder of cyber crisis management and response firm Asceris.
Anthony has a wealth of experience working with insurance firms, especially in the field of cybersecurity and cyber risk insurance, and combines a strong technologist's background with a wealth of knowledge around insurance logic, policy types, underwriting methodologies, and more.
Cyber risk insurance has been a growing topic over the past decade, and in our conversation today, we seek to address several misconceptions about this type of service, while giving you a basic understanding of what you need to know when considering such a service.
For example, we talk about
- what types of policies are there?
- what's all the hubbub around Lloyds of London's much-discussed "cyber acts of war" exception?
- what's the relationship between insurance and regulatory risk management requirements?
- what types of services to insurance firms offer to their customers?...and many more.
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You can find Asceris at https://www.asceris.com/
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In the latest episode of the Good Faith Cybersecurity Researches' Coalition dialogues, we speak with Mischa Hansel, head of the research focus on international cybersecurity at the IFSH - the University of Hamburg institute for peace research and security.
In our conversation, we cover topics such as
- stockpiling and weaponizing of cyber vulnerabilities by state actors
- vulnerability reporting requirements to national authorities
- handling of cyber vulnerabilities by authoritarian governments
- the impact of free discourse around vulnerabilities on liberal democracy
- vulnerability-as-a-service providers
- the role of academia and free research in the uncovering of cyber vulnerabilitiesA few links Mischa provided that are relevant to this conversation, and to IFSH's work:
- International Cybersecurity Made in Hamburg: https://international-cybersecurity.com/
- A paper published in Just Security around strengthening cybersecurity researchers https://www.justsecurity.org/81293/empowering-security-researchers-will-improve-global-cybersecurity/
- the IFSH newsletter (Jan's Cyber Hotchpotch) " offering an entertaining weekly summary of what is going on in cybersecurity" - subscribe via https://ifsh.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2fda1cac544809b12bab70663&id=d8ad8ab2a0
- A paper on the peace and security implications of cybercrime: https://ifsh.de/file/publication/Research_Report/012/Research_Report_012_EN_web.pdfIFSH is at https://ifsh.de/
You can find Mischa Hansel on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mischa-hansel-7207ba1a2
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