Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

New Ransomware Possibly Linked to Earth BaxiaA previously uncatalogued ransomware strain is targeting public sector and aviation organizations in the Middle East. The threat actor uses techniques similar to a previously documented hacking group tracked as Earth Baxia and likely based in China.

At-Large Wu Song, 39, Faces 28-Count Criminal IndictmentU.S. federal prosecutors indicted a Chinese national employed by a state-owned aerospace and defense conglomerate with a yearslong phishing campaign aimed at extracting software developed for NASA. Prosecutors said Song began sending out targeted emails in 2017.