Traditional espionage and counterespionage during the hybrid war. Assessing Russian cyberattacks. Conti's fate and effects. Investigating cut Internet cables in France. My conversation with AD Bryan Vorndran of the FBI Cyber Division on reverse webshell operation and Hafnium. Our guest is Tom Kellermann of VMware to discuss the findings of their Modern Bank Heists report. And, finally the dark online world of \u201cpig-butchering.\u201d\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/140\n\nSelected reading.\nUK Spy Chief Sees Russia\u2019s Military Running \u2018Out of Steam\u2019 Soon (Bloomberg)\nExhausted Russian army gives Ukraine chance to strike back, says British spy chief (The Telegraph)\xa0\n'Cut by half' Putin's masterplan backfires as 400 Russian spies thrown out of Europe (Express)\xa0\nHalf of Russian spies in Europe expelled since Ukraine invasion, says MI6 chief (the Guardian)\xa0\nMI6 chief: Russia\u2019s spies \u2018not having a great war\u2019 in Ukraine (The Record by Recorded Future)\xa0\nCIA chief says 15,000 Russians killed in war, dismisses Putin health rumors (Washington Post)\xa0\nCIA Chief Says Russia\u2019s Iran Drone Deal Shows Military Weakness (Bloomberg)\xa0\nUkraine confronts Kremlin infiltration threat at unreformed state bodies (Atlantic Council)\xa0\nUS seeking to understand Russia\u2019s failure to project cyber power in Ukraine (Defense News)\nBattling Moscow's hackers prior to invasion gave Kyiv 'full dress rehearsal' for today's cyber warfare (CyberScoop)\nHow Conti ransomware hacked and encrypted the Costa Rican government (BleepingComputer)\xa0\nAnatomy of Attack: Truth Behind the Costa Rica Government Ransomware 5-Day Intrusion (AdvIntel)\xa0\nConti Criminals Resurface as Splinter RaaS Groups \xa0(Security Boulevard)\nThe Unsolved Mystery Attack on Internet Cables in Paris (Wired)\xa0\nMassive Losses Define Epidemic of \u2018Pig Butchering\u2019 (KrebsOnSecurity)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices