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.
FBI offers $10 million for information about Salt Typhoon members
The FBI has declared a $10 million reward for information on Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon, known for its intrusion into several US telecom firms’
