New Mirai variant forming. Meltdown and Spectre remediation updates. Notes on Russian hacking. Charges in swatting death.

In today's podcast, we hear that a new Mirai variant, Okiru, is forming botnets of ARC-based IoT devices. Meltdown and Spectre remediation continues. CIA is said to have confirmed that NotPetya was a GRU operation. Suspicions rise that the Shadow Brokers used security tools to scan for classified documents. US and Canadian officials raise alarms about election influence operations. Wichita swatter charged with involuntary manslaughter. Malicious Chrome extensions spotted. Robert M. Lee from Dragos on the security of petroleum ICS. Guest is Lance Cottrell from Ntrepid on the importance of net neutrality for security. And USB drives contain the darndest things.