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Oct 2020
22m 45s

TrickBot’s return is interrupted. Electi...

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TrickBot came back, but so did its nemesis from Redmond--Microsoft and its partners have taken down most of the new infrastructure the gang reestablished. CISA publishes election rumor control. The Cyberspace Solarium Commission has a white paper on supply chain security. Japan says it will take steps to secure next summer’s Olympics. Joe Carrigan takes issue with Twitter and Facebook limiting the spread of published news stories. Our guest is Carolyn Crandall from Attivo with a look at the market for cyber deception tools. And a familiar name exits the industry.

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

https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/9/204

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