What I found interesting is how the DDOS attacks on Georgian servers played out. I think we can be pretty sure that RBN resources, that is RBN-owned botnets were used for them. That tells us something about the relationship between the Russian leadership and organized crime (not that this should surprise anyone), but it yet again confirms this close relationship.

We hear a lot about (and rightly so!) how doing something about the energy dependy of the west is so important in this war. Yeah, true, but teaching people how to get rid of the viruses on their PCs, better: how to make sure not to have viruses on their PCs in the first place! – seems to me an also quite important part of this fight.

Make that clear to everyone: Have a virus on your PC, then you are part of a botnet, and as a result you are unwillingly involved in enemy military activities. By not doing everything you can to keep your PC clean you are literally providing bullets to the enemy.

Uh, and FSB guys were all over the debates in the comment sections in virtually any blog I read about this here. No doubt about it. It was blindingly obvious. Which also means that they were not that good so far at disinformation.