PupyRAT is back. So is the Konni Group. Twitter storm over claims that MBS hacked Jeff Bezos. Anti-disinformaiton laws considered. Canada is ready to impose costs on cyber attackers.

Published: Jan. 24, 2020, 8:49 p.m.

PupyRAT was found in a European energy organization: it may be associated with Iranian threat actors. Another threat actor, the Konni Group, was active against a US government agency last year. Saudi Arabia maintains it had nothing to do with hacking Jeff Bezos\u2019s phone. The EU and Ukraine separately consider anti-disinformation regulations. Canada may be ready to \u201cimpose costs\u201d in cyberspace. And Huawei\u2019s a threat, but what\u2019re you gonna do? Justin Harvey from Accenture with an outlook on 2020. Guests are Hank Thomas and Mike Doniger from SCVX, describing their plan to bring a funding mechanism know as a SPAC to cyber security.\n For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:\n https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2020/January/CyberWire_2020_01_24.html\n Support our show\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices