Hacking in Iran? The Lazarus Group hires Trickbot. Election influence ops. Cryptowars updata. Ransomware in municipal and tribal governments.  Patch Tuesday notes. Do it for State.

Hacking in Iran? The Lazarus Group hires Trickbot. Election influence ops. Cryptowars updata. Ransomware in municipal and tribal governments. Patch Tuesday notes. Do it for State.

By N2K Networks

Iran says it’s stopped a cyber attack, and that an insider was responsible for a major paycard exposure. Trickbot is now working for the Lazarus Group. Influence operations both foreign and domestic concern British voters on the eve of the general election. The cryptowars are heating up again as the US Senate opens hearings on encryption. Pensacola’s cyberattack was ransomware, and so too apparently was the one that hit the Cherokee Nation. And do it for state. Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs with warnings about connected gifts for children. Guest is Kevin Lancaster from ID Agent on monitoring people affected by the OPM breach.  For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/December/CyberWire_2019_12_11.html  Support our show
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