In today's podcast we wonder WhatsApp with Brazil's runoff election? Hacktivism hits Davos-in-the-Desert. Kraken Cryptor ransomware gets an upgrade. Remote code execution vulnerabilities disclosed in two classes of systems. Healthcare.gov breach under investigation. More calls for retraction of the spy chip story. Cozy Bear calls for proper Internet governance. US on effects of influence ops. Notes on industrial control system cybersecurity, with an emphasis on attending to the obvious. We talk to Awais Rashid from Bristol University to get his thoughts on supply chain security, and we also hear from IJay Palansky from Armstrong Teasdale on IoT legal liability concerns.
For links to all of the stories discussed in today's podcast, visit https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/October/CyberWire_2018_10_23.html