Reconnaissance and degradation. Hybrid war in Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia. Eternal Silence infects unpatched systems. Dell customers reset passwords. SamSam indictments.

In today’s podcast, we hear warnings of Russian recon “degradation” of the North American power grid. Information operations in Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine. Factions in Yemen’s civil war contest cyberspace (and fiber optic cables). Eternal Silence exploits systems not patched against EternalBlue and EternalRed. Dell tells its customers to reset their passwords. And the US indicts two Iranians for deploying the SamSam ransomware. Emily Wilson from Terbium labs with unintended consequences of GDPR. Guest is Francis Dinha, founder and CEO of OpenVPN, discussing the VPN landscape. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/November/CyberWire_2018_11_29.html Support our show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices