Silas Cutler

@silascutler.bsky.social

You may know me from your server logs. #Malware, Hacks, Internet Scanning, #CTI

The past few months have been incredible in the malware analysis space. AI has enabled a lot of folks to rapidly catch up in this space to where top researchers were about 5 years ago. The pace has wildly increased, but what I'm seeing set the leaders in this space is depth.

Five years ago today Philip Reiner, Michael Daniel, John Davis, Jen Ellis Christopher Painter, Michael Phillips, Kemba Walden and I, together with the then tiny but mighty IST team and the essential input of the 60 plus Task Force participants, launched the #RansomwareTaskForce Report.

Institute for Security and Technology@istorg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In the 5 years since the launch of the #RansomwareTaskForce, #ransomware has become a well-known threat with devastating consequences. On 4/30, Anja Shortland sits down with the RTF Co-chairs to reflect on progress & celebrate the release of her new book, Dark Screens! 🛡️ Register: bit.ly/4vNxe8S

NEW: The U.S. Treasury is sanctioning a Russian zero-day broker called Operation Zero. U.S. officials confirmed that Operation Zero was the company that bought exploits stolen by the former boss of U.S. defense contractor L3Harris Trenchant. Trenchant made hacking tools for the U.S. and its allies.

Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from U.S. defense contractor | TechCrunch

The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated zero-...

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🔥 👀 New research from @morecoffeeplz.bsky.social and @silascutler.bsky.social on the "silent" AI network, a massive, unmanaged layer of open-source AI infrastructure operating in the shadows.

SentinelOne@sentinelone.com · 6mo ago

🧵 175,000+ exposed AI hosts. Zero guardrails. New research from @sentinellabs.bsky.social and @censys.bsky.social reveals a massive, unmanaged layer of open-source AI infrastructure operating in the shadows. s1.ai/si-llama Here is what you need to know about the "silent" AI network. ⤵️