Cyber espionage campaigns attributed to North Korea, China. A Steam 0-day is reported. Texas ransomware updates. Fútbol hacktivism.

Researchers at Anomali report finding an active North Korean cyber espionage campaign directed against universities, think tanks, and foreign ministries. The infection method is phishing, with the malicious payload taking victims to fake websites. In some instances the bogus sites masqueraded as login pages for government diplomatic portals. The threat group is thought to be connected to Pyongyang's missile program.

FireEye describes ongoing cyber espionage directed against the healthcare sector. The researchers associate the campaign with the Chinese government. It seems to have two goals. First, the operators are interested in simply acquiring large quantities of personal information, a goal many such campaigns have. Second, the campaign appears to be particularly interested in cancer research.

A researcher has disclosed a second zero-day vulnerability in Valve's Steam platform. The issue is thought to affect more than 96 million users worldwide, Bleeping Computer reports. 

Detailed information about the coordinated ransomware attack that hit local-government targets in Texas last Friday remain sparse, but Ars Technica and WIRED have compilations of what's known so far. Twenty-three organizations have been affected. The attacks came from a single source authorities decline to name. The affected organizations also haven't been specified, although a few names have leaked. In general larger counties and cities seem to have been more resilient.

ESPN reports that impassioned and very disappointed fans of Veracruz's losing fútbol side have hacked the club president's Twitter account because he's "tarnishing the badge," and because doing so is their first step in "taking back their club."