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Oct 2018
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Influence operations, da. Direct hacking...

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In today's podcast, we hear that the US Department of Homeland Security sees lower-than-expected rates of Russian election system probing even as Russian information operations continue. Sophos warns of the emergence of the Linux-based "Chalubo" botnet. Mexico's Central Bank raises its alert level. Cathay Pacific discloses a breach of passenger information. Privacy-related fines and lawsuits. And notes from the 2018 ICS Cyber Security Conference. Justin Harvey from Accenture joins us to talk about insourcing vs. outsourcing threat intelligence, and Tony Pepper from Egress Software Technologies shares his perspective on protecting unstructured data.

For links to all of the stories mentioned in today's podcast, check out our Daily Briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/October/CyberWire_2018_10_25.html

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