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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.

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)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices