Podcasts News Tech News CyberWire Daily WannaCry ransomwarea pandemic. Baijiu spyware in East Asia. APT32 seems to be spying for Vietnam. Al Qaeda calls to lone wolves. Influence operations and tactical operations. The long arm of the law reaches out to tech-support scammers.

WannaCry ransomwarea pandemic. Baijiu spyware in East Asia. APT32 seems to be spying for Vietnam. Al Qaeda calls to lone wolves. Influence operations and tactical operations. The long arm of the law reaches out to tech-support scammers.

Published: May 15, 2017, 8:12 p.m.

In today's podcast we hear how WannaCry ransomware became a pandemic over the weekend. Johannes Ulrich joins us to help sort it out.\xa0A temporary lull is feared likely to be more temporary than most would like. Baijiu espionage malware is spreading through GeoCities. Another APT\u2014APT32\u2014is also devoted to espionage, apparently in alignment with the government of Vietnam. Bin Laden's son is working to inspire lone wolves. National authorities seek to draw influence operations lessons from the concluded French presidential campaign. Armies make tactical use of cyber operations. And there's a dragnet out for tech-support scammers.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices