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DarkHotel is back. So is Necurs, and it's distributing a modular malware dropper. Industrial espionage follows international trade. Election meddling. The use and abuse of data.

Published: Aug. 20, 2018, 7:46 p.m.

b"In today's podcast, we hear that an evolved DarkHotel campaign is under way. A new malware dropper is out and about thanks to the Necurs botnet.\\xa0Researchers demonstrate proof-of-concept exploits. Cyber espionage follows trade. Notes on election meddling. Google and Facebook encounter some regulatory and legal headwinds over data collection. Connected cars know a lot about their drivers, and there's money in those data.\\xa0Robert M. Lee from Dragos on the notion of\\xa0cyber attacks\\xa0as a distraction.\\xa0\\n For links to all today's stories, check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/August/CyberWire_2018_08_20.html"