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There’s something weird about the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ statement in response to the Five Eyes security bulletin, as shared below.
Have a close read, if you can see it. I myself didn't until I added the statement to my copy. [1/11]
Russia's new Antifraud bill requires banks to decline transfers if the client's device is infected with malware. To scan for malware the banks would need to provide their clients with a security tool (antivirus?). The implementation is not entirely clear
www.interfax.ru/business/109...
A bit contradictory
The German officer: yeah, we can learn from the Ukrainians. But their narrative in this game wasn't consistent, so they lost
A Ukrainian participant: but there is no consistent narrative in the real world, that's what you could learn
www.ft.com/content/cda1...
Банки будут обязаны отказывать гражданам в проведении денежного перевода, если выявят воздействие вредоносного программного обеспечения (ПО) на устройство
RU Consul General in NY said the FBI notified the Consulate General about Denis Obrezko's arrest on June 9
He complained that the U.S. ignored bilateral law enforcement mechanisms
Curiously, he didn't mention that Obrezko is wanted in Russia
tass.ru/politika/277...
AI firms put a lot of effort into creating safety mechanisms to prevent LLMs from generating harmful outputs
Malware developers can exploit the same guardrails by hiding payload behind nuclear & bio weapons-linked instructions to trick AI-driven scanners
socket.dev/blog/mini-sh...
Alexander Martin
Oleg Shakirov
Oleg Shakirov
Denis Obrezko, arrested in Thailand last fall at the U.S. request on hacking charges & alleged connection to Void Blizzard, made an appearance in federal court in Boston, @nateraymond.bsky.social reports
In Jan, Russia filed a competing extradition request but lost
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
More on the Russia-U.S. extradition battle over Obrezko
bsky.app/profile/shak...
Oleg Shakirov
Oleg Shakirov
Oleg Shakirov
A suspected Russian hacker is now in U.S. custody following his arrest in Thailand last year and has been charged with facilitating a campaign of cyberattacks carried out by a Russia-aligned group t...
Speaking on Protracted Disruption: Lessons from the Longest Cyber Conflict next week at #CriticalEffectDC by IST. My main argument: cyber attacks can cause societal disruption in many ways, not just through one catastrophic event
Find out more here securityandtechnology.org/event/critic...
Oleg Shakirov
Apparently Russia is about to engage in a new extradition battle with the United States, this time over Denis Obrezko, an alleged hacker arrested in Nov in Thailand in a joint op w/ the FBI.
He's now wanted in Russia under a criminal case that dates back to 2018
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Oleg Shakirov
Mark your calendars! Presented by ICS Village, in partnership with IST’s UnDisruptable27 project and Akin, the two-day Critical Effect conference is coming back to Washington, DC on June 17 and 18, an...
