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Tracking the impresario behind Collection#1. OceanLotus and a new downloader. CookieMiner malware afflicts Macs. Huawei’ prospects. Influence ops. Extortion by bluff.
Season 4 · Episode 773

Tracking the impresario behind Collection#1. OceanLotus and a new downloader. CookieMiner malware afflicts Macs. Huawei’ prospects. Influence ops. Extortion by bluff.

Tracking the impresario behind Collection#1. OceanLotus and a new downloader. CookieMiner malware afflicts Macs. Huawei’ prospects. Influence ops. Extortion by bluff.

CyberWire Daily · N2K Networks

February 4, 201919m 9s

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Show Notes

In today’s podcast, we hear that Collection#1 looks like the work of an aggregator who goes by the name of “C0rpz.” OceanLotus is working with a new downloader. CookieMiner malware is poking around in Macs. Huawei continues to receive harsh security scrutiny internationally even as it seeks to position itself as a 5G leader. Russian influencers begin to attend to Venezuela. And if someone says they’ve got video of you looking at things you shouldn’t, they probably don’t. Rick Howard from Palo Alto Networks on Australia’s controversial encryption legislation. 

For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:

https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/February/CyberWire_2019_02_04.html 

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