Actionable intelligence, culling signal from noise, and the online resilience of threat groups. Ransomware hits a legal case management system. The city of Johannesburg continues its recovery from an online extortion attempt. The Raccoon information stealer looks like a disruptive product in the criminal-to-criminal market: not the best, but good enough, and cheaper than the high-end alternatives. And who’s more vulnerable to scams: seniors or young adults? It’s complicated.  Joe Carrigan from JHU ISI on Metasploit as a tool for good or bad. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/October/CyberWire_2019_10_28.html  Support our show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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28 Oct 2019