Danny Moore
@moore.bsky.social
Cyber-warfare | PhD from KCL | Author of 'Offensive Cyber Operations' | Security @ Meta
I'm sorry but that's the most unhinged paragraph I ever read
February 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm sorry but that's the most unhinged paragraph I ever read
The Google reviews for the GCHQ Bude location are amazing
January 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Google reviews for the GCHQ Bude location are amazing
Stop this, media. Be better. He did this specifically to bait all of you to write the exact headlines you then handed him.
January 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Stop this, media. Be better. He did this specifically to bait all of you to write the exact headlines you then handed him.
Russian cyber units supposedly investing in battlefield equipment exploitation and sending staff closer to front lines.
1) This should be extremely obvious for a global "top tier" military years into a war of this scale, so this is not particularly impressive.
1) This should be extremely obvious for a global "top tier" military years into a war of this scale, so this is not particularly impressive.
February 24, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Russian cyber units supposedly investing in battlefield equipment exploitation and sending staff closer to front lines.
1) This should be extremely obvious for a global "top tier" military years into a war of this scale, so this is not particularly impressive.
1) This should be extremely obvious for a global "top tier" military years into a war of this scale, so this is not particularly impressive.
Me asking my wife to explain her Black Friday purchases
November 23, 2023 at 5:46 PM
Me asking my wife to explain her Black Friday purchases
Twitter gets almost everything wrong, and for me has become an unimaginably toxic river of misinfo and hate.
But I do like Community Notes.
Despite it being imperfect, it's often quite powerful.
But I do like Community Notes.
Despite it being imperfect, it's often quite powerful.
October 18, 2023 at 12:15 PM
Twitter gets almost everything wrong, and for me has become an unimaginably toxic river of misinfo and hate.
But I do like Community Notes.
Despite it being imperfect, it's often quite powerful.
But I do like Community Notes.
Despite it being imperfect, it's often quite powerful.
Soulless, gutless vulture, reveling in the horror of civilian atrocities; all to gloat.
October 7, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Soulless, gutless vulture, reveling in the horror of civilian atrocities; all to gloat.
This is literally the most obvious, straightforward use of AI imaginable. I'm mostly just disappointed they haven't done it yet.
The China call-out and the implied alarmism are equally pointless.
The China call-out and the implied alarmism are equally pointless.
September 26, 2023 at 11:31 PM
This is literally the most obvious, straightforward use of AI imaginable. I'm mostly just disappointed they haven't done it yet.
The China call-out and the implied alarmism are equally pointless.
The China call-out and the implied alarmism are equally pointless.
September 18, 2023 at 10:02 PM
Someone made a children's book called "Stuxy the Worm"
September 15, 2023 at 9:49 AM
Someone made a children's book called "Stuxy the Worm"
Electronic Warfare can be a medium to deliver intrusion or cyber effects in closed/bespoke environments. Cyber can suppress or enable EW. The point being - our limited perspective shouldn’t preclude us from considering the full scope of operational activities.
July 1, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Electronic Warfare can be a medium to deliver intrusion or cyber effects in closed/bespoke environments. Cyber can suppress or enable EW. The point being - our limited perspective shouldn’t preclude us from considering the full scope of operational activities.
The 3rd claim is that electronic warfare & offensive cyber are siblings. Though unlike malware-based IT/OT-targeting ops they are often invisible to us, EW & Cyber have a shared ancestry, and are often owned at the tactical level by the same forces.
July 1, 2023 at 2:30 PM
The 3rd claim is that electronic warfare & offensive cyber are siblings. Though unlike malware-based IT/OT-targeting ops they are often invisible to us, EW & Cyber have a shared ancestry, and are often owned at the tactical level by the same forces.
I had not predicted overall Russian performance in warfare. Cyber cannot save you from failures elsewhere. But I had remarked that Russian operations - though technically highly capable - often fail to stick the landing for entirely avoidable reasons. That materialized often in RU v UKR.
July 1, 2023 at 2:30 PM
I had not predicted overall Russian performance in warfare. Cyber cannot save you from failures elsewhere. But I had remarked that Russian operations - though technically highly capable - often fail to stick the landing for entirely avoidable reasons. That materialized often in RU v UKR.
The 2nd claim is that capabilities do not equate success. Success means consistent operational discipline, ability to achieve objectives, and economy of force. Despite visible effects by Russia, it often botches its ops at some stage. It under-delivers, over-extends, or gets discovered too soon.
July 1, 2023 at 2:29 PM
The 2nd claim is that capabilities do not equate success. Success means consistent operational discipline, ability to achieve objectives, and economy of force. Despite visible effects by Russia, it often botches its ops at some stage. It under-delivers, over-extends, or gets discovered too soon.
Most Russia v Ukraine activities are not good examples of joint ops. They demonstrate a high-level alignment of tasking, and to a lesser degree, targets. Viasat is an outlier; an effect well-timed to facilitate early-stage warfare.
Russia is more mature than most, but it’s not a badge of honor.
Russia is more mature than most, but it’s not a badge of honor.
July 1, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Most Russia v Ukraine activities are not good examples of joint ops. They demonstrate a high-level alignment of tasking, and to a lesser degree, targets. Viasat is an outlier; an effect well-timed to facilitate early-stage warfare.
Russia is more mature than most, but it’s not a badge of honor.
Russia is more mature than most, but it’s not a badge of honor.
The 1st claim is that joint offensive cyber is hard to do well. It requires a lot of up-front investment, joint training, aligned strategy, and decision makers at all levels who would know how to use it well.
The fact that an attack coincided with other military activities is not by itself enough.
The fact that an attack coincided with other military activities is not by itself enough.
July 1, 2023 at 2:28 PM
The 1st claim is that joint offensive cyber is hard to do well. It requires a lot of up-front investment, joint training, aligned strategy, and decision makers at all levels who would know how to use it well.
The fact that an attack coincided with other military activities is not by itself enough.
The fact that an attack coincided with other military activities is not by itself enough.
I wanted to revisit three claims I made in the book, considering it’s been an eventful year. But beyond that, I wanted to address one major question - can we, despite limited visibility, make responsible assessments on offensive cyber?
July 1, 2023 at 2:27 PM
I wanted to revisit three claims I made in the book, considering it’s been an eventful year. But beyond that, I wanted to address one major question - can we, despite limited visibility, make responsible assessments on offensive cyber?
If CTI marketing charts were honest:
Most Prevalent Threat Actor Countries* Behind Nation-State** Activity*** Q1 2023
* Collection focused on West-targeting adversaries
** State-executed activities only
*** Activity that Trellix observed or was publicly disclosed
Most Prevalent Threat Actor Countries* Behind Nation-State** Activity*** Q1 2023
* Collection focused on West-targeting adversaries
** State-executed activities only
*** Activity that Trellix observed or was publicly disclosed
June 21, 2023 at 1:15 PM
If CTI marketing charts were honest:
Most Prevalent Threat Actor Countries* Behind Nation-State** Activity*** Q1 2023
* Collection focused on West-targeting adversaries
** State-executed activities only
*** Activity that Trellix observed or was publicly disclosed
Most Prevalent Threat Actor Countries* Behind Nation-State** Activity*** Q1 2023
* Collection focused on West-targeting adversaries
** State-executed activities only
*** Activity that Trellix observed or was publicly disclosed
L-and I cannot stress this enough-MAO
June 12, 2023 at 12:35 PM
L-and I cannot stress this enough-MAO
We live in the craziest timeline, example 9,310
June 5, 2023 at 8:51 PM
We live in the craziest timeline, example 9,310
I struggle with these takes.
I get what Jake is going for here, but flattening all of "cyber" to a single [explosive] label kills possibility of discussion, and directly contributes to the extreme polarization we have in the field.
As always, it's never so binary.
I get what Jake is going for here, but flattening all of "cyber" to a single [explosive] label kills possibility of discussion, and directly contributes to the extreme polarization we have in the field.
As always, it's never so binary.
June 5, 2023 at 11:02 AM
I struggle with these takes.
I get what Jake is going for here, but flattening all of "cyber" to a single [explosive] label kills possibility of discussion, and directly contributes to the extreme polarization we have in the field.
As always, it's never so binary.
I get what Jake is going for here, but flattening all of "cyber" to a single [explosive] label kills possibility of discussion, and directly contributes to the extreme polarization we have in the field.
As always, it's never so binary.
It wasn't even a real simulation, it was a "thought experiment".
June 2, 2023 at 11:47 AM
It wasn't even a real simulation, it was a "thought experiment".