Is Conti rebranding? Commercial spyware scrutinized. Notes from the cyber phases of a hybrid war. Notes on the underworld. Software supply chain attack. Canada will exclude Huawei from 5G.

Published: May 20, 2022, 8:30 p.m.

Was Conti\u2019s digital insurrection in Costa Rica misdirection? Google assesses a commercial spyware threat \u201cwith high confidence.\u201d Continuing expectations of escalation in cyberspace. The limitations of an alliance of convenience. Fronton botnet shows versatility. Russian hacktivists hit Italian targets, again. Lazarus Group undertakes new SolarWinds exploitation. Crypters in the C2C market. CrateDepression supply chain attack. Johannes Ullrich describes an advance fee scam hitting crypto markets. Our guest is Marty Roesch, CEO of Netography and inventor of Snort. Canada to exclude Huawei from 5G networks on security grounds.\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/98\n\nSelected reading.\nConti ransomware shuts down operation, rebrands into smaller units (BleepingComputer)\xa0\nProtecting Android users from 0-Day attacks (Google)\xa0\nMicrosoft President: Cyber Space Has Become the New Domain of Warfare (Infosecurity Magazine)\nTwisted Panda: Chinese APT espionage operation against Russian\u2019s state-owned defense institutes (Check Point Research)\xa0\nChinese Hackers Tried to Steal Russian Defense Data, Report Says (New York Times)\xa0\nChina-linked Space Pirates APT targets the Russian aerospace industry (Security Affairs)\xa0\nThis Russian botnet does far more than DDoS attacks - and on a massive scale (ZDNet)\xa0\nPro-Russian hackers attack institutional websites in Italy, police say (Reuters)\xa0\nLazarus hackers target VMware servers with Log4Shell exploits (BleepingComputer)\nITG23 Crypters Highlight Cooperation Between Cybercriminal Groups (Security Intelligence)\xa0\nCrateDepression | Rust Supply-Chain Attack Infects Cloud CI Pipelines with Go Malware (SentinelOne)\xa0\nCanada to ban Huawei/ZTE 5G equipment, joining Five Eyes allies (Reuters)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices