Unpatched Apache Struts installations being exploited in the wild. Windows local privilege escalation flaw. Similarities among spyware. Stalkerware hack. Criminal threats to the grid. Breaches.

In today's podcast we hear that the Apache Struts vulnerability, patched last week, is being actively exploited by cryptojackers. Microsoft works on a fix for local privilege escalation flaw in Windows. Trend Micro sees similarities among Urpage, Confucius, Patchwork, and Bahamut campaigns. Air Canada suffers a breach. Criminal threats to power grids. And searching for search engine optimization in all the wrong places. Jonathan Katz from UMD on flaws in Intel processors’ secure enclave. Guest is Fred Kneip from CyberGRX on third party risk. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/August/CyberWire_2018_08_29.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices