semantic rant: the proper grammar is pro-Russia, *NOT* pro-Russian—hacktivists simp the state, not the language
kudos to @jfslowik for writing blogs the same way he writes documentation: unabashedly organized and to the point:
https://www.huntress.com/blog/investigating-intrusions-from-intriguing-exploits

Investigating Intrusions From Intriguing Exploits
On 02 February 2023, an alert triggered in a Huntress-protected environment. We dive into triaging the threat in this blog.
Not a particularly incisive observation, but: the prominence of the Wagner Group in Ukraine is evidence of the weakness of the Russian state. No strong, advanced military would allow the usurpation of core functions to a warlord group used as a parallel power center by the state’s leader.
what people don't seem to realize about defanging indicators of compromise is that, actually, you're allowed to do it however you want, including 127.0.0[.]1 but also 127[.not]0[.fucking]0[.malicious]1
JUST BECAUSE THE MALWARE WAS REMOTELY HOSTED ON A LEGITIMATE RESOURCE-PUBLISHING DOMAIN DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS A SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACK IF THE DOMAIN IS OPEN SOURCE