Ransomware, nyet; wiper, da. Shipping, manufacturing, and Big Law may share some common risks. WikiLeaks and the ShadowBrokers are back again.

Published: June 29, 2017, 7:18 p.m.

In today's podcast we hear that the current Petya/Nyetya/NotPetya\xa0outbreak down deep doesn't look like\xa0ransomware, but a wiper, and a nasty one\xa0at that\u2014probably a cyber warfare campaign.\xa0How are these three things alike: shipping, manufacturing, and Big Law? The ShadowBrokers are back, and WikiLeaks' Vault7 disgorges what looks like a creepy stalking tool. Other non-Petya ransomware attacks.\xa0Rick Howard from Palo Alto Networks explains the importance of capture-the-flag competitions.\xa0And officialdom seems to cling bitterly to Windows XP.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices