Tracking Stone Panda to the Tianjin Bureau. Ad-fraud and Tokelau. RansomWarrior decrypted. US Congress to grill Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Celebrity scams.

In today's podcast, we hear that Intrusion Truth seems to have Stone Panda dead to rights. Chinese intelligence increases targeting of expatriate Uyghurs. Zscaler warns that an ad-fraud campaign is making use of the Tokelau top-level domain. Check Point has a decryptor for RansomWarrior. The US House and Senate will hear from Facebook, Twitter, and Google this week about influence operations, content moderation, and alleged monopolistic practices. And no, Pope Francis isn't giving away Bitcoin, nor did former President Obama encrypt your files. Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs with a look back at the effects of last year’s Alpha Bay takedown.  

For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:
https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/September/CyberWire_2018_09_04.html

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