Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Russian SVR Targeting Government, Academia, Defense Organizations GloballyA Russian-state hacking group is posing as Microsoft employees and sending malicious configuration files as email attachments to target organizations across the world. The campaign has the hallmarks of a Midnight Blizzard phishing campaign although its use of an RDP configuration file is novel.

Company Is Sending Email Alerts to Customers Whose Data Was Accessed by HackersMicrosoft is alerting its customers whose data may have been accessed by Russian state hackers following a January attack that compromised the emails of company executives. Microsoft also shared a link to a custom-built secure system that customers can use to review their stolen data.