A tiny 12 KB Windows backdoor, one victim, and a dead domain

(Presented by State of Statecraft: A security and intelligence conference that brings together multiple disciplines, backgrounds, and nationalities to share research into the covert activities of nation-states and other malign actors.)

Three Buddy Problem - Episode 109: The buddies dig into a new White House memo handing vetted private companies real offensive cyber authorities, and Costin explains why a stack of ransomware takedown cases has been sitting on a shelf waiting for exactly this.

Plus, a tiny 12 KB Windows backdoor found on one machine with a dead C2, the mercenary outfits quietly living inside telcos, and why Google continues to flounder in the race for AI dominance.

Cast: Costin Raiu, Ryan Naraine and Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade

Timestamps:

0:00 Introductory banter

0:58 State of Statecraft, and a late CFP window

3:24 The White House offensive hacking memo

6:37 "Hack back" is the wrong frame for what's being authorized

11:20 Ransomware cases sitting on the shelf

17:01 The million-dollar bond and who can realistically play

22:29 Where DPRK crypto theft falls under the new definitions