An espionage campaign succeeds without zero-days. Spam serves up old Office exploit. Disinformation makes it into YouTube. The Huawei Affair. Raytheon to be acquired.

Published: June 10, 2019, 7:06 p.m.

MuddyWater shows renewed activity--no zero-days and no exotic malware, just clever approaches and determined social engineering. Spam is serving up payloads that exploit an old Microsoft Office vulnerability. Russian-sponsored disinformation has been romping freely through YouTube. Some back-and-forth over Huawei: Washington isn\u2019t relenting, but some relief for US companies may be forthcoming. And Beijing rumbles about retaliation. United Technologies has agreed to acquire Raytheon. Joe Carrigan from JHU ISI on Apple\u2019s newly announced secure sign-in service and it\u2019s focus on privacy.\n For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:\n https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/June/CyberWire_2019_06_10.html\xa0\n Support our show\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices