Podcasts News Tech News CyberWire Daily Tracking the impresario behind Collection#1. OceanLotus and a new downloader. CookieMiner malware afflicts Macs. Huawei prospects. Influence ops. Extortion by bluff.

Tracking the impresario behind Collection#1. OceanLotus and a new downloader. CookieMiner malware afflicts Macs. Huawei prospects. Influence ops. Extortion by bluff.

Published: Feb. 4, 2019, 8:04 p.m.

In today\u2019s podcast, we hear that Collection#1 looks like the work of an aggregator who goes by the name of \u201cC0rpz.\u201d OceanLotus is working with a new downloader.\xa0CookieMiner\xa0malware is poking around in Macs. Huawei continues to receive harsh security scrutiny internationally even as it seeks to position itself as a 5G leader. Russian influencers begin to attend to Venezuela. And if someone says they\u2019ve got video of you looking at things you shouldn\u2019t, they probably don\u2019t.\xa0Rick Howard from Palo Alto Networks on Australia\u2019s controversial encryption legislation.\xa0\n For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:\n https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/February/CyberWire_2019_02_04.html\xa0\n Support our show\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices