Oleg Shakirov

Cyber threat intelligence has evolved primarily as a private domain driven by cyber security vendors and researchers. Is this about to change? My reflections on several recent publications about whether threat intelligence is becoming 'nationalized' fromcyberia.substack.com/p/nationalizat…

For many years, Singapore, as most countries (and esp ASEAN), have refrained from naming cyber threat actors. 🇸🇬 just called out for the first time an 🇨🇳-linked cyber espionage group(UNC3886) targeting its critical infrastructure. This is important/ reuters.com/world/china/si…

What fascinates me is that in the United States the term 'forever wars' was coined by the critics of foreign interventions whereas in Russia this is essentially what the proponents of the war advocate.

A cyber attack disrupted the operation of a Russian network of volunteer-run service centers that jailbreak commercial DJI drones making them fit for warfighting. Although no one took credit for this hack it looks like a highly targeted sabotage operation fromcyberia.substack.com/p/hackers-disr…

Can a cyber operation have an impact on drone warfare? Probably yes, but in a not-so-obvious way. In a new post, I review a reported disruption of a network of service centers that weaponize commercial DJI drones with a customized firmware. open.substack.com/pub/fromcyberi…

Diplomacy > cyber > bombs??

Professionals in most countries borrowed the term APT from the U.S. But France uses the acronym MOA instead, which stands for 'mode opératoire d'attaque.' This term emphasizes the unique set of TTPs of the attacker rather than its skills or persistence cyber.gouv.fr/le-cyberdico