Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has discovered a large-scale spear-phishing campaign, by a threat group called Midnight Blizzard known to be state-sponsored by Russia, targeting Western governments and military organizations using rogue Remote Desktop Protocol and Python-based tool PyRDP. The attack, involving almost 200 RDP proxies, aimed at data exfiltration from victims’ IT networks. At its peak in October 2024, around 200 high-profile victims were targeted in a single day.

India’s 2-decade-old Central Government Health Scheme HMIS decommissioned
India’s Ministry of Health is relaunching the health management information system for the Central Government Health Scheme, replacing an outdated version from 2005. The new