Recruiting spies via LinkedIn. WindShift in the Gulf. GlobeImposter ransomware. Blocking Telegram is harder than it looks. Policy notes from the Five Eyes.

In today's podcast we hear that the US Intelligence Community says that China is actively trying to recruit spies over LinkedIn. Britain and Germany had earlier issued similar warnings. WindShift espionage group is active in the Gulf. GlobeImposter ransomware continues its evolution and spread. The Five Eyes issue some communiques about cooperation in cyberspace. Russia would like to block Telegram if it could do so without too much collateral traffic damage. Supply chain questions about Google's Titan. Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the ICS Stormcast podcast, with iPhone unlocking techniques. Guest is Andy Greenberg from WIRED discussing his recent article on NotPetya. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/August/CyberWire_2018_08_31.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices