So Russia has a stash of scary malware? Imagine our shock
(2023/04/06)
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Register Kettle Lately, we've learned of Russia's stockpile of cyber-weapons, and we're genuinely wondering if anyone's surprised by these revelations.
If you'll allow us some artistic license, ten years ago Edward Snowden waltzed out of the NSA's server rooms with tucked under his arm highly classified Powerpoint slides of Five Eyes' surveillance capabilities. Those documents included evidence of Western snoops overstepping legal boundaries.
Now a whistleblower has [1]done something kinda similar , obtaining and leaking the so-called Vulkan files detailing the Kremlin's arsenal of destructive malware. This code has been linked to the infamous [2]NotPetya outbreak and other attacks.
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Is this a shock? What are we supposed to with this information? A bunch of us El Reg vultures flocked together to discuss it all for this week's Register Kettle podcast, which you can watch below.
It's not like we haven't seen this sort of drama before. The power grid in Ukraine [4]partially fell to a malware infection in 2016, with Putin fingered for it, and Russia [5]has form , so to speak, in related disruptions.
But enough typin'. Check out the video for more. ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/31/vulkan_files_russia/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2017/06/28/petya_notpetya_ransomware/
[3] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_security/cybercrime&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2ZC7sph59L2dEdOZ-iWOz9wAAABM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2016/01/15/malware_clearly_behind_ukraine_power_outage_sans_utility_expert_says/
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2016/08/04/smart_tvs_satellites_and_billboards_all_hacked_in_ukrainian_war/
[6] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
If you'll allow us some artistic license, ten years ago Edward Snowden waltzed out of the NSA's server rooms with tucked under his arm highly classified Powerpoint slides of Five Eyes' surveillance capabilities. Those documents included evidence of Western snoops overstepping legal boundaries.
Now a whistleblower has [1]done something kinda similar , obtaining and leaking the so-called Vulkan files detailing the Kremlin's arsenal of destructive malware. This code has been linked to the infamous [2]NotPetya outbreak and other attacks.
[3]
Is this a shock? What are we supposed to with this information? A bunch of us El Reg vultures flocked together to discuss it all for this week's Register Kettle podcast, which you can watch below.
It's not like we haven't seen this sort of drama before. The power grid in Ukraine [4]partially fell to a malware infection in 2016, with Putin fingered for it, and Russia [5]has form , so to speak, in related disruptions.
But enough typin'. Check out the video for more. ®
Get our [6]Tech Resources
[1] https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/31/vulkan_files_russia/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2017/06/28/petya_notpetya_ransomware/
[3] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_security/cybercrime&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2ZC7sph59L2dEdOZ-iWOz9wAAABM&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2016/01/15/malware_clearly_behind_ukraine_power_outage_sans_utility_expert_says/
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2016/08/04/smart_tvs_satellites_and_billboards_all_hacked_in_ukrainian_war/
[6] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
It might be a shorter list ...
alain williams
of those governments who do not have this capability; either home grown or bought in.
Talk about non news.
Lis
As you pretty much state in the article, everyone knows this. After Snowden, I have always assumed that every government in the world does this spying thing. Big deal. So do most websites. I can't remember who said it, but decades ago someone said "You are on the internet. You have no privacy. Get over it".
I would be obliged if someone could tell me who it was. I seem to remember he worked for S.G.I.
Re: Talk about non news.
pdh
Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems
Re: Talk about non news.
Microchip
Scott McNealy of Sun iirc.
While, TBH, I would be shocked if Russia didn't have all sorts of malware we don't know about (I suspect every country has), I should imagine it's a good thing that we know what he has, at least from a security point of view.