At the onset of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many experts and government officials expected there to be two fronts of the war — one on the ground in Ukraine and one in cyberspace. But all things considered, we haven't seen as much offensive cyber warfare come from either side of this conflict this year. J.J. Cummings from Talos Threat Intelligence and Interdiction joins the show again to share his experience from working hands-on with networks in Ukraine. He, Lurene, Mitch and Matt discuss why there haven't been as many offensive attacks as we were expecting, or if they're just happening in the background and no one's talking about it.

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• What is the "Texas" of other continents?
• Drama inside the Conti ransomware gang.
• Why Matt definitely doesn't spend too much time on Twitter.
• How sad should we be about the Queen of England dying?

Some helpful links:

• HermeticWiper | New Destructive Malware Used In Cyber Attacks on Ukraine from SentinelOne
• AcidRain | A Modem Wiper Rains Down on Europe from SentinelOne
• Translated: Talos' insights from the recently leaked Conti ransomware playbook
• Victoria & Albert Museum in Discussions to Return Artifacts to Ghana
• Ukraine Independence Day: Talos update
  
  

We’re excited to add to the growing Beers with Talos family with the addition of Lurene Grenier to the squad. Lurene joins her first episode and hits the ground running talking about her current role within Talos. She, Mitch and Matt talk about the major differences between exploit development and vulnerability discovery, and how Lurene started her career in exploit development. While exploit development might sound like the stereotypical thing a “basement hacker” does, it’s actually very important to the security arena and something a hobbyist can easily turn into a career.

Other talking points:

We're excited to add to the growing Beers with Talos family with the addition of Lurene Grenier to the squad. Lurene joins her first episode and hits the ground running talking about her current role within Talos. She, Mitch and Matt talk about the major differences between exploit development and vulnerability discovery, and how Lurene started her career in exploit development. While exploit development might sound like the stereotypical thing a "basement hacker" does, it's actually very important to the security arena and something a hobbyist can easily turn into a career. 

Other talking points:

• Unsolicited marketing advice for Pennsylvania government agencies.
• Dunking on the Tampa Bay Rays.
• Why Lurene is always right.
• $8 million worth of exploit development for Apple products.

• Livestream with Cisco ThousandEyes, Cisco Secure and Cisco Talos
• Spam campaigns leveraging Ukraine themes to spread malware, steal cryptocurrency
• Cisco’s statement on standing with Ukraine