ESET Israel wiper malware, China's Volt Typhoon response, Kaspersky sanctions and isolation

Three Buddy Problem - Episode 17: News of a wiper malware attack in Israel implicating ESET, threats from wartime hacktivists, China's strange response to Volt Typhoon attribution and Section 702 messaging, an IE zero-day discovery and web browser rot in South Korea, the ongoing isolation of Kaspersky due to sanctions, and the geopolitical influences affecting cybersecurity reporting.

Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade (SentinelLabs), Costin Raiu (Art of Noh) and Ryan Naraine (SecurityWeek).

• ESET Israel wiper attacks
• ESET comment on Israel wiper incident
• Dakota Cary on China’s Volt Typhoon Influence Ops
• Volt Typhoon III (PDF)
• US Sanctions 12 Kaspersky Executives
• Kaspersky closing down its UK office
• MAPP vendor list
• VirusTotal
• Transcript (AI-generated)