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Burning and Bridges II: Turla Boogaloo

Turla’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Couple of Years

4 min readMay 9, 2023

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Burning and Bridges II: Turla Boogaloo

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Horkos

Cyber(war) Persuasion Fatigue

The perception of foreign doctrinal adherence does not automatically equate to fulfillment of operational standards of success for effects.

4 min readMay 6, 2023

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Cyber(war) Persuasion Fatigue

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Horkos

Stop Huffing About Cyber Retaliation

Handwringing about the credibility of threats to impose costs in cyber contests misunderstands how those contests actually function.

4 min readJul 13, 2021

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Stop Huffing About Cyber Retaliation

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Cyber Espionage as Mischief Managed

Harry Potter can teach us something about cyber threat actors who accept the risks that accompany spying on blue team personnel.

5 min readApr 2, 2021

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Cyber Espionage as Mischief Managed

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Giving the Adversary an Extra Vote

Hyperbole in threat-framing creates an exploitable condition that gives adversaries an easy way to mess with our heads.

5 min readMar 8, 2021

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Giving the Adversary an Extra Vote

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The Incoherence of Cyber Deterrence

I love to repeat myself: deterring cyber espionage is a fantasy and cyberattack delivery can only at imperfectly deterred at best.

5 min readFeb 22, 2021

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The Incoherence of Cyber Deterrence

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Pressing Problems and Slippery Slopes: Developing an Offensive Response to Ransomware

While I don’t think JDAMs are the answer to ransomware, we need a real discussion about responsible pursuit of other offensive solutions.

3 min readFeb 5, 2021

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Pressing Problems and Slippery Slopes: Developing an Offensive Response to Ransomware

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Horkos

A Last Clever Knot?

Newly disclosed Russian cyber activity targeting US government networks could represent both counterintelligence and influence operations.

7 min readOct 23, 2020

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A Last Clever Knot?

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Horkos

Ya hya chouhada Muad’Dib!

“Long live the fighters of Muad’Dib!”

10 min readJun 9, 2020

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Ya hya chouhada Muad’Dib!

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CYBERCOM Apparently Got Half-Baked Ideas for Christmas

CYBERCOM has ideas about how to deter Russian election interference in 2020 and they don’t inspire my confidence.

9 min readDec 26, 2019

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CYBERCOM Apparently Got Half-Baked Ideas for Christmas

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Horkos

Horkos

The net’s own counterintelligence referent, maybe. Views here are personal, not my employer’s. All original content © Alex Orleans, 2014–2023.

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