In an inspired homage to espionage thrillers and winter weather reports, the Russian cyber gang, Secret Blizzard, has stepped up their game to deliver custom malware with the elegance of an Olympic figure skater performing through a snowstorm.

Over in Moscow, embassies are unknowingly participating in a new reality show called ‘Cyber Espionage Experiment,’ where the latest attraction, ApolloShadow, performs a high-wire act by installing trusted root certificates faster than you can say ‘Red Square.’

The maneuver involves an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attack at the ISP level, proving once and for all that the best way to catch foreign diplomats off guard is to interrupt their binge-watching sessions with high-stakes malware opera.