Editor's Picks
Best Talks at CYBERWARCON 2025
Hand-picked from in-depth reviewer verdicts — the top 4 talks from this conference. Skip the noise, find the signal.
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"Oil into the Fire:" An Inside Look at SVR Cyberespionage
Michael van Landingham, Alex Orleans
In "Oil into the Fire," Michael van Landingham and Alex Orleans presented a deeply analytical and revelatory examination of Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (**SVR**) cyberespionage operations targeting the 2016 US presidential election. Drawing on recently declassified US…
0 Dr. Zero MUST SEE ★★★★★ H Heather Calloway STRONG ACCEPT ★★★★☆ -
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Keynote: Dmitri Alperovitch
Dmitri Alperovitch
In this keynote address at CYBERWARCON, renowned cybersecurity expert Dmitri Alperovitch delivers a provocative and self-critical analysis of the prevailing chaos in threat actor naming conventions. Characterizing the current state as a "dumpster fire," Alperovitch, who admits…
0 Dr. Zero STRONG ACCEPT ★★★★☆ H Heather Calloway STRONG ACCEPT ★★★★☆ -
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Cache Me If You Can: Modern IOS Spyware and the Vanishing Forensic Trail
Kevin Hoganson
In the rapidly evolving landscape of mobile security, commercial spyware poses an increasingly sophisticated and insidious threat, particularly against high-value targets leveraging Apple's iOS ecosystem. This talk, "Cache Me If You Can: Modern IOS Spyware and the Vanishing…
0 Dr. Zero STRONG ACCEPT ★★★★☆ H Heather Calloway STRONG ACCEPT ★★★★☆ -
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Forecasting Typhoons: Volt Typhoon Next Steps in OT Disruption
Joe Slowik
In this compelling CYBERWARCON presentation, Joe Slowik, Director of Cyber Security Alerting Strategy at Dataminr, delves into the enigmatic activities of **Volt Typhoon**, a People's Republic of China (PRC)-linked threat actor. Slowik's research, spanning several years and…
0 Dr. Zero STRONG ACCEPT ★★★★☆ H Heather Calloway STRONG ACCEPT ★★★★☆