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Content farmers and disinformation tactics. PhantomLance: quiet, selective, and apparently effective. Lawful intercept and contact-tracing apps. A look at the black market.

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Researchers see a coming shift in tactics used by Chinese “content farmers.” Amplifying disinformation through influencers and other agents of influence. PhantomLance is a quiet and selective Vietnamese cyber espionage campaign. Lawful intercept and contact tracing apps. And the black market for malware is surprisingly open, cheap, and attentive to its customers. Joe Carrigan from JHU ISI on cheating in online games, guest is Tonya Ugoretz from the FBI on engagement with public and private sector during COVID-19.
For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief:
https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2020/April/CyberWire_2020_04_29.html
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