May 18, 2022
We open this newsletter with a banger. A free book of case studies of Russian espionage operations. Free! Book!
Russian Intelligence: A Case-based Study of Russian Services and Missions Past and Present (14MB .pdf, Spring 2022, 370 pages) ni-u.edu/wp/wp-content/…
Author: Kevin P. Riehle (@riehle_kevin)
Editor/Publisher: National Intelligence (NI) Press
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Seeing a lot of goths about again, which is bad news.
Goths are the harbinger of recession whether its the 2008 recession, the 1980s recession or 5th century Rome and the collapse of the empire.
They may not be the cause but they are the warning we should heed
Cyber is everything, even M&A contracts.
I pity the lawyer that has to explain how a poop emoji constitutes a disparaging remark and a violation of the acquisition deal in this context. Oh wait, that's me.
Bit of the old black propaganda.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/14/secret-british-black-propaganda-campaign-targeted-cold-war-enemies-information-research-departmentStrong “dog who caught a bus” energy.
Russian occupying forces are “trying to hide this situation,” the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration reported on its Telegram channel on May 17.
For context.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/23/a-ukrainian-city-under-a-violent-new-regimeOn that note, more things are going very poorly for Russia in that area.
⚡️ partisans have blown up the 🇷🇺 occupier's armoured train in #Melitopol. An explosive charge detonated under the train car carrying the personnel. The railway track are damaged, a number of casualties and fatalities is now being specified.
#UkraineUnderAttaсk #UkraineRussianWar
Deep dive OSINT on SIGINT.
a bit of #SIGINT #OSINT about Taiwanese Navy HF email messages exchange
i56578-swl.blogspot.com/2022/05/1016-p…
@DecodeSignals @DF3LZ @ik1yde @shoc_rolf
A good thread with several very cogent points.
In 2012, Gmail had only just adopted HTTPS. The few orgs that cared about security still focused on perimeters, not observability: threat intel orgs were mostly lightweights, at best an afterthought bolted onto AV vendors. The defense market was *terrible* and offense had it easy
What’s up at Facebook?
protocol.com/workplace/face… 32/
Genius
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A bit on the nose
PSA: If you’re wondering why there’s a lot of traffic in downtown Valencia this morning there is a dump truck on fire #KubeCon. Plan accordingly.
Allegedly the Iranians have infiltrated people into Telus Corporation , allowing them to mass delete photos on Instagram.
https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-61488050-
Switzerland is elevating cyber to a.. federal… something. I’ll be honest, I have no idea how Switzerland works. Clearly this is big though.
Today the Federal Council decided to turn the National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) into a federal office & instructed @efd_dff to prepare proposals by end of 2022, how the office should be structured and which department it should be part of.
@GovCERT_CH
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