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Actionable intelligence, and the difficulty of cutting through noise. Extortion hits Johannesburg. Criminal-to-criminal markets. Whos more vulnerable to phishing, the old or the young?

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 7:12 p.m.

b"Actionable intelligence, culling signal from noise, and the online resilience of threat groups. Ransomware hits a legal case management system. The city of Johannesburg continues its recovery from an online extortion attempt. The Raccoon information stealer looks like a disruptive product in the criminal-to-criminal market: not the best, but good enough, and cheaper than the high-end alternatives. And who\\u2019s more vulnerable to scams: seniors or young adults? It\\u2019s complicated.\\xa0 Joe Carrigan from JHU ISI on Metasploit as a tool for good or bad.\\n For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:\\n https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/October/CyberWire_2019_10_28.html\\xa0\\n Support our show"