Costa Rica is a country tracked across 15 threat clusters and 21 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed October 31, 2025; most recent activity July 11, 2026.
Costa Rica is a sovereign nation in Central America. In cybersecurity terms, it is a frequent ransomware target and part of the broader Latin American threat landscape. The articles illustrate evolving attacker tooling (such as new packers to evade detection) and ongoing law enforcement action against Conti affiliates, underscoring persistent risk to the country’s digital infrastructure.
On March 11, 2026, the Iranian-linked hacking group Handala executed a significant cyberattack on Stryker, a major U.S. medical technology company, causing a global disruption across its Microsoft environment. The…
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported the destruction of 111 drones since the onset of the US-Israel conflict on February 28, 2026. The IRGC stated that an armed MQ-9 drone was intercepted over…
The Silent Ransom Group (SRG), a cyber extortion group active since 2022, has been identified using DNS Fast Flux infrastructure to target U.S. law firms and other sensitive industries. Unlike traditional ransomware,…
Deniss Zolotarjovs, a 35-year-old Latvian national, was sentenced to 8.5 years in federal prison for his role in a ransomware organization linked to over 54 cyberattacks on various companies from June 2021 to August…
Operation First Light 2026, coordinated by INTERPOL, led to the arrest of 5,811 suspects and the interception of $293 million in illicit assets across 97 countries. This operation, which ran from January 15 to April 30,…
Cloudflare reported blocking 38.5 billion cyberattacks targeting civil society organizations over the past year, with DDoS attacks comprising 81.7% of the malicious traffic. The attacks predominantly affected…
Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, a 44-year-old Ukrainian national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to the Conti ransomware operation. This group was responsible for over 1,000 attacks…
Recent geopolitical tensions, particularly the Iran war affecting helium supplies, have disrupted semiconductor manufacturing, prompting companies to rethink their supply chain strategies. Businesses are moving away…
The U.S. State Department accused China of infringing on Panama's sovereignty by detaining Panama-flagged ships amid a port dispute. This confrontation follows Panama's Supreme Court ruling that invalidated a Hong Kong…
On March 12, 2026, Costa Rica's government announced that the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) experienced a cyber attack believed to be linked to cyber espionage. The breach reportedly targeted sensitive…