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Evil Corp versus newspapers. Trolling for unprotected MongoDB. Taurus in the criminal souks. Law and security. Loot boxes as gambling items.

Published: July 2, 2020, 6:49 p.m.

Evil Corp seems to have been shuffling through some newspaper sites. Don\u2019t take the gangs\u2019 communiqu\xe9s at face value, but some appear to be trolling for unprotected MongoDB databases. A look at Taurus, an information-stealer being sold in criminal-to-criminal markets. Chinese law and online security. The EARN-IT Act is being debated. Justin Harvey on \u201cSmishing\u201d. Our guest is Jeff Styles from FireMon on COVID-19 increasing misconfiguration risks. And there\u2019s trouble in Tilted Towers.\n For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief:\n https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/9/128\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices