SideWinder is an APT with possible origins in India. MortalKombat ransomware debuts. The GoAnywhere zero day was exploited in a data breach. Belarusian Cyber-Partisans release Russian data. Betsy Carmelite from Booz Allen Hamilton shares an overview of cyber deception. Our guest is Ashley Allocca from Flashpoint with a look at the Breaches and Malware Threat Landscape. And notes on Patch Tuesday.\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/31\n\nSelected reading.\nMolted skin: APT SideWinder 2021 campaign that targeted over 60 companies in the Asia-Pacific (Group-IB)\nNew MortalKombat ransomware and Laplas Clipper malware threats deployed in financially motivated campaign (Cisco Talos Blog)\nTonga is the latest Pacific Island nation hit with ransomware (The Record from Recorded Future News)\xa0\nLockBit demanded \xa366mn from Royal Mail (Computing)\xa0\nCity of Oakland declares state of emergency after ransomware attack (BleepingComputer)\xa0\nCity of Oakland Targeted by Ransomware Attack, Work Continues to Secure and Restore Services Safely (City of Oakland)\nHuge data dump from Russia\u2019s censorship agency posted online (Cybersecurity Connect)\nRussian system to scan internet for undesired content and dissent (Reuters)\nPatch Tuesday: Three zero-days and nine 'Critical' RCE flaws fixed (Computing)\xa0\nMicrosoft February 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 exploited zero-days, 77 flaws (BleepingComputer)\nApple Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products (CISA)\xa0\nSAP Security Patch Day for February 2023 (Onapsis)\xa0\nCitrix Releases Security Updates for Workspace Apps, Virtual Apps and Desktops (CISA)\nAdobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products (CISA)\nThe first national cyber director's last day is today (Washington Post)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices