Beers with Talos Ep. #96: The boogeyman and QR codes
Summary: Beers with Talos episode No. 96 discusses QR codes becoming pervasive as easily deployed "touchless tech," and then examines recent DOJ and APT activity, asking whether bringing charges against foreign APT actors is anything more than a symbolic gesture. The episode, by Mitch Neff, was delayed by Thanksgiving and PTO, and the team plans to get an episode a week ahead of the holidays.
Bottom line: The episode's central question - whether DOJ charges against foreign APT actors amount to more than a symbolic gesture - is the one to sit with: attribution and indictment do not by themselves remove the actors from your threat model.
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