The CyberWire Daily Podcast 4.9.18
Ep 573 | 4.9.18

Hacktivists may be warning Russia and Iran against interfering in US elections. Britain on alert for Russian moves against infrastructure. Facebook preps for Congress. Ransomware updates.

Show Notes

In today's podcast we hear about the curious case of hacktivists who may be slugging for Uncle Sam. Maybe. Britain's NCSC warns of battlespace preparation for a campaign against critical infrastructure. Facebook prepares for its appearance on Capitol Hill. Facebook also cancels a plan to share anonymized medical data for research purposes. Atlanta continues to recover from SamSam. And some good news: Malwarebytes has solved LockCrypt ransomware. Robert M. Lee from Dragos with his take on why indicting foreign hackers is a bad move.