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by iLemming 2139 days ago
Note that "drovorub" isn't even a Russian word, "drovosek" is. It means "woodcutter".
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Seeing a translation of "(security) driver slayer".

https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1293948157618003969

Why would a natively Russian speaking team misspell this word? Is it possible this software wasn't developed in Russia/by Fancy Bear or that it's some sort of play on words that I don't understand as an English speaker?
The article says it’s a composite of two recovered strings from one of the malicious programs involved. So I wouldn’t read too much into it

Edit: sorry, this article, which we on another thread https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/nsa-a...

"pravdosek"
Did you mean "pravdorub"?