Eight People Walk Into a Dark Web Forum. They’re All Azim

Beers with Talos Podcast by Cisco Talos

Sep 2, 202673:05Technology

What does it take to become someone a cybercriminal will trust? Talos' Azim Khodjibaev takes us inside the psychology of direct adversary engagement. At one point, he was maintaining eight different personas, some of whi...

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