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Copper smelter hit with malware. Notes from the hybrid war. Disinformation, not direct manipulation of results, the principal threat to US elections. Ransomware in Australias ForceNet. Threat trends.

Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

Leading European metals producer is hit with malware. Cooperative defense in cyberspace. A Ukrainian ally describes its exposure to Russian cyberattacks. Former UK Prime Minister Truss's phone may have been compromised. CISA sees a complex threat environment, but no specific threat to US elections. The Australian Defence network sustains ransomware attack. The three finalists in the DataTribe Challenge share insights on the competition.\xa0Rick Howard previews the new season of CSO Perspectives. And a look at threat trends.\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/209\n\nSelected reading.\nAurubis says it was hit in wider cyberattack on metals industry (Reuters)\nCopper Giant Aurubis Shuts Down Systems Due to Cyberattack (SecurityWeek)\nInside a US military cyber team\u2019s defence of Ukraine (BBC News)\xa0\nUkraine's cyber power shows value of public-private partnership (Nikkei Asia)\xa0\nLatvian President: Only the West\u2019s Weakness Can Provoke Russia (Foreign Policy)\xa0\nLatvia\u2019s cyberspace faces new challenges amid war in Ukraine (The Record by Recorded Future)\nWorries build about winter cyber threats in Ukraine (POLITICO)\nLiz Truss's personal phone hacked by Putin's spies (Mail Online)\nTruss phone was hacked by suspected Putin agents when she was foreign minister, the Daily Mail reports (Reuters)\nLiz Truss phone hack claim prompts calls for investigation (BBC News)\nRussian spies hacked Truss's personal phone (Computing)\nGovernment urged to investigate report Liz Truss\u2019s phone was hacked (the Guardian)\nMinisters creating \u2018wild west\u2019 conditions with use of personal phones (the Guardian)\n'Complex threat environment' ahead of midterm elections, top cybersecurity official says (Reuters)\nCISA chief sees no "specific or credible threats" to election infrastructure (CBS News)\nFor cyber experts, disinformation overshadows cyberthreats in midterms (Washington Post)\nAustralian Defence Department caught up in ransomware attack (ABC)\nCyber-attack on Australian defence contractor may have exposed private communications between ADF members (the Guardian)\nCyber Threat Reports (Deep Instinct)\nDeep Instinct releases its 2022 Interim Cyber Threat Study. (CyberWire)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices