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Explore the evolution of Russian hybrid warfare through this 21-minute conference talk that traces cyber operations from Estonia's 2007 digital infrastructure attacks to Ukraine's ongoing conflict. Learn how Russia has systematically merged cyber operations with conventional warfare and discover OSINT investigative techniques for mapping cyber-military units, uncovering organizational affiliations, and tracking operations across multiple conflicts. Master practical methods using publicly available sources, leaked documents, social media, and infrastructure metadata to identify Russian cyber-military entities and analyze their digital footprints. Examine how the war in Ukraine has transformed the cybercrime and ransomware ecosystem while developing skills to trace hybrid warfare evolution, apply OSINT methods for identifying military units, exploit social media and metadata for profiling GRU-linked personnel, conduct infrastructure reconnaissance using domains and TLS certificates, analyze war-time impacts on cybercrime networks, and develop predictive indicators for future state-linked cyber operations. Gain insights into connecting cybercrime activity to broader geopolitical objectives through live demonstrations and practical investigative workflows that reveal the intersection of cyber warfare and conventional military strategy.
