Ransomware and social engineering trends. Expired certificate addressed. Ransomware groups target schools. Cyber updates in the hybrid war.

Published: May 11, 2023, 8:15 p.m.

b"A Ransomware report highlights targeting and classification. Phishing remains a major threat. Cisco addresses an expired certificate issue. LockBit and Medusa hit school districts with ransomware. US and Canadian cyber units wrap up a hunt-forward mission in Latvia. Ben Yelin on NYPD surveillance. Our CyberWire producer Liz Irvin interviews Damien Lewke, a graduate student at MIT. And an unknown threat actor is collecting against both Russia and Ukraine.\\n\\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/91\\n\\nSelected reading.\\nGRIT Ransomware Report: April 2023 (GuidePoint Security)\\nDNSFilter State of Internet Security - Q1 2023 (DNSFilter)\\nIdentify vEdge Certificate Expired on May 9th 2023 (Cisco)\\nThe State of Ransomware Attacks in Education 2023: Trends and Solutions (Veriti)\\nUS Cyber Command 'Hunts Forward' in Latvia (Voice of America)\\nUS cyber team unearths malware during \\u2018hunt-forward\\u2019 mission in Latvia (C4ISRNET)\\nUncovering RedStinger - Undetected APT cyber operations in Eastern Europe since 2020 (Malwarebytes)\\nBad magic: new APT found in the area of Russo-Ukrainian conflict (Kaspersky)"