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Posts in category “adversaries”

Red Teaming

Red Teaming by Bryce Hoffman is a thought-provoking read.

 
 

Think like Alph-V?

Recently, ransomware operators AlphV were in the news for telling the SEC that AlphV’s victim, MeridianLink, had not filed the relevant SEC form 8K about their breach. While this is something between clever, humorous and outrageous, I’d like to ask a question of those who advocate for adversarial thinking: Did you predict this?

 
 
 
 

Modeling Attackers and Their Motives

There are a number of reports out recently, breathlessly presenting their analysis of one threatening group of baddies or another. Most readers should, at most, skim their analysis of the perpetrators. Read on for why.