Podcasts News Tech News CyberWire Daily A look back at Patch Tuesday. Classic games on Android serve malware. Cryptocurrency speculation. Info ops updates. Phony hitmen. Guilty pleas in Mirai case.

A look back at Patch Tuesday. Classic games on Android serve malware. Cryptocurrency speculation. Info ops updates. Phony hitmen. Guilty pleas in Mirai case.

Published: Dec. 13, 2017, 8:17 p.m.

In today's podcast we hear a reminder about yesterday's\xa0Patch Tuesday.\xa0Classic Android games\xa0are serving malware.\xa0Crytpocurrency\xa0speculative fever\xa0continues to rise. More unwelcome miners are\xa0pulling\xa0Monero\xa0out of streaming video services. Ransomware extortionists are finding Bitcoin prices sometimes rise too fast for comfort. False hit-man spam. A Russian hacking defendant, in Russia, says Putin made him do it.\xa0Robert M. Lee from Dragos on the security of the water\xa0supply. Guest is Evan\xa0Dornbush\xa0from point3 security on the disconnect between employers and educational institutions.\xa0Guilty pleas in the Mirai case.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices