Season 2 · Episode 21
#34 - Special Episode: Operation Medusa cuts the head off of the Snake using PEGASUS software
The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast · Christopher
May 18, 202353m 14s
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Show Notes
On this special episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we have a longer-form discussion about the recent FBI takedown of the Russian malware known as Snake. The FBI dismantled the global peer-to-peer network of Snake-infected computers with Operation MEDUSA in coordination with multiple cybersecurity agencies.
Resources referenced in this show:
- Press release from the Department of Justice
- CISA's cybersecurity advisory
- CISA breakdown of the Snake malware
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