Log4Shell updates. Payroll provider disrupted by ransomware. Companies supporting surveillance distance themselves from the business. Cybercrime and IRL punishment.

An update on the Log4shell, and how it’s being exploited in the wild. A ransomware attack disrupts a cloud-based business service provider. NSO Group is said to be considering selling off its Pegasus unit. A marketing presentation suggests Huawei has been deeply implicated in providing tools for Chinese repression. Nigeria’s cyber gangs are actng like Murder, Inc. An arrest in Romania, sentences in Germany. Joe Carrigan looks at the language of cyber security. Our guest Brad Hawkins of SaferNet wonders if digital privacy even exists anymore. And news from Mars. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/10/238 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices