Collaboration platforms are a gateway for ransomware attacks.

Guest Gil Friedrich from Avanan joins Dave to discuss how collaboration platforms, like Microsoft Teams, Slack and others, opened up a new gateway to ransomware attacks, Joe's story comes from listener Matt shared as a COTD candidate that's a phishing scam, Dave's got a story about China and Russia trying to turn your employees into spies, and our Catch of the Day comes from a listener named Iain with a timely story "from" Afghanistan.

Links to stories:

• Guarding Against the Chinese Domain Name Email Scam
• The FBI’s warning to Silicon Valley: China and Russia are trying to turn your employees into spies

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