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Joined June 2020
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0days actually mean zero days of fun
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Meet Operation: Armor Piercer. This is a series of attacks targeting the Indian subcontinent looking to infect government agencies and defense contractors. #RATs #malware #cyberattack cs.co/6012yhLCM
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Cisco Talos' @hostiledata and @g0jirasan observed new activity from Solarmarker, a highly modular .NET-based information stealer and keylogger. blog.talosintelligence.com/2…
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Cisco researchers spotlight Solarmarker malware zdnet.com/article/cisco-rese…
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This. Is. Insanity. I am not comprehending this post. 🤯
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Last year, @dkorzhevin and I made contact with a self-described LockBit operator. We conducted an interview for several weeks. Then, with the help of @kkmckay22, we were able to conduct some cool research about a Russia-based ransomware operator. Read here bit.ly/2YJUeaF
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A 🎄 grows in Brooklyn. 💜
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Cisco Talos has observed Trickbot banking trojan and Ryuk ransomware to targeting U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers at an increasing rate. Incident Response insights, coverage, and mitigation guidance are available in this Talos Threat Advisory: cs.co/6010Ghbhw
"As much as I think that AI is the technology of the future, unless we figure out how to trust it, we will not see it moving forward," says the winner of a new $1 million artificial intelligence prize. bit.ly/37q8rPJ
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All I wanted to do was make some memes, but we ended up writing a paper. I’m very proud of it!
We've covered what disinformation is. But our latest research paper on election security covers WHY it works. Check out our paper on the psychology of disinformation here cs.co/6011GL3QX
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I miss Vegas
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typealias 🐟able = Codable
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The adversary behind WastedLocker is taking advantage of various "dual-use" toolsets like Cobalt Strike, Mimikatz, Empire and PowerSploit to move laterally across many victims' networks. Find out the full details of this threat here cs.co/6019GrXUc
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Since it's the 4th of July, here's Japanese Ambassador to the US, Yamanouchi Kanji, playing the Star Spangled Banner on guitar, in the style of Jimi Hendrix. Because why not.
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