Plus, a new malware framework hits Chrome and Firefox, a new phishing scam targets AmEx cardholders, and data is breached at Sprint and Evite.
Microsoft has notified political organizations more than 780 times in the past year that they’ve been targeted or compromised by nation-state attacks. “This data demonstrates the significant extent to which nation-states continue to rely on cyberattacks as a tool to gain intelligence, influence geopolitics or achieve other objectives,” the company said in a blog post. The majority of activity originated from Iran, North Korea and Russia, Microsoft said. Since the launch of the program Microsoft AccountGuard a year ago, the company has uncovered attacks targeting political campaigns, parties, and democracy-focused nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). This week at the Aspen Security Forum, Microsoft also demonstrated parts of the free, open-source project ElectionGuard, which offers voting directly on the screen of the Microsoft Surface or using the Xbox Adaptive Controller; a tracking code that confirms votes are counted and not altered; and end-to-end verifiable elections with paper ballots.
This week’s stat
Most contaminated e-mails arrive on Sundays in the morning and midday, AV-Test reported. Brazil (14%) and Russia (13%) produce more than a quarter of the world’s spam.
New malware framework hits Chrome and Firefox
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new malware framework targeting Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and the Yandex browser, ZDNet reported. The framework infects the browsers in three stages – first installing itself as a scheduled task; then communicating with its command-and-control server (C2) about the d ..
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