North Korea's increasingly supple cyber offensives. A look at Cl0p. The NetSupport RAT's fake update vectors. HotRat is a Trojan that accompanies illegally pirated software and games. Crackable radio encryption standard: a bug or a feature? Chris Novak from Verizon discusses ransomware through the lens of the DBIR. Carole Theriault describes a ransomware attack that hit close to home. And an alleged money-laundering crypto-rapper is back in the news.\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/139\n\nSelected reading.\nNorth Korea Leverages SaaS Provider in a Targeted Supply Chain Attack | Mandiant (Mandiant)\nRansomware Roundup - Cl0p (Fortinet Blog)\nFakeSG enters the 'FakeUpdates' arena to deliver NetSupport RAT (Malwarebytes)\nResearchers Find \u2018Backdoor\u2019 in Encrypted Police and Military Radios (Vice)\xa0\nUnmasking HotRat: The hidden dangers in your software downloads (Avast)\nResearchers Find \u2018Backdoor\u2019 in Encrypted Police and Military Radios (Vice)\xa0\nCrypto rapper 'Razzlekhan,' husband reach plea deal over Bitfinex hack laundering (Reuters)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices