Patch Tuesday notes. Mr. Mudge goes to Washington. Joint warning of IRGC cyber activity. No major developments in the cyber phases of Russia’s hybrid war (but Ukraine is sounding confident).

Patch Tuesday notes. The US Senate Judiciary Committee hears from the Twitter whistleblower. Joint warning of IRGC cyber activity. Rob Boyce from Accenture on cybercriminals weaponizing leaked ransomware data. Chris Novak from Verizon describes his participation in the CISA Advisory Board. And Ukraine reiterates confidence in its resiliency.

For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/177

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