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Also, Chinese IT admin jailed for deleting database, and the NSA promises no more backdoors In brief  The notorious Russian-aligned Conti ransomware gang has upped the ante in its attack against Costa Rica, threatening to overthrow the government if it doesn’t pay a $20 million ransom. … READ MORE HERE…

Because Beijing isn’t above covert ops to accomplish its five-year goals Chinese cyberspies targeted two Russian defense institutes and possibly another research facility in Belarus, according to Check Point Research.… READ MORE HERE…

May 10 update addressed serious vulns but also had problems of its own Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch to deal with an authentication issue that was introduced in the May 10 Windows update.… READ MORE HERE…

Ban on shopping from September, rip and replace order with 2024 deadline The Canadian government has joined many of its allies and banned the use of Huawei and ZTE tech in its 5G networks, as part of a new telecommunications security framework.… READ MORE HERE…

They’re using the invasion ‘to take aim at the usual adversaries,’ Mandiant told The Reg Pro-Beijing and Iran miscreants are using the war in Ukraine to spread disinformation that supports these countries’ political interests — namely, advancing anti-Western narratives – according to threat-intel experts at Mandiant.… READ MORE HERE…

No, you’re not really gonna be hacked. But you may be surprised Some research into the potentially exploitable low-power state of iPhones has sparked headlines this week.… READ MORE HERE…

Irish Council on Civil Liberties said this is first time the scope of real-time bidding is being measured The average American has their personal information shared in an online ad bidding war 747 times a day. For the average EU citizen, that number is 376 times a day. In one year, 178 trillion instances of the same bidding war happen online in the US and EU.… READ MORE HERE…

Looking for tech talent? Kim Jong-un’s friendly freelancers, at your service Pay close attention to that resume before offering that work contract.… READ MORE HERE…

Anything that uses proximity-based BLE is vulnerable, claim researchers Tesla Model 3 and Y owners, beware: the passive entry feature on your vehicle could potentially be fooled by a new form of relay attack.… READ MORE HERE…

If his surgery was as bad as his opsec, this chap has caused a lot of trouble The US Attorney’s Office has charged a 55-year-old cardiologist with creating and selling ransomware and profiting from revenue-share agreements with criminals who deployed his product.… READ MORE HERE…