Espionage fuels global cyberattacks - Microsoft On the Issues
Oct 5, 2023 · While headlines about cyberattacks from the past year focused on ransomware, data shows the predominant motivation has swung back to stealing information, covertly monitoring …
Escalating cyber threats demand stronger global defense and …
Oct 15, 2024 · Discover the alarming rise in cyber threats, with attacks on Microsoft customers doubling to 600 million per day. The latest Microsoft Digital Defense Report reveals the increasing collusion …
Extortion and ransomware drive over half of cyberattacks
Oct 16, 2025 · Microsoft launches its sixth annual Digital Defense Report, highlighting trends from July 2024 to June 2025, including that over half of cyberattacks with known motives were driven by …
Iran accelerates cyber ops against Israel from chaotic start
Feb 6, 2024 · Iran uses overt and covert IRGC-linked media outlets to amplify alleged cyber operations and, at times, exaggerate their effects. In September, after Cyber Avengers claimed cyberattacks …
New nation-state cyberattacks - Microsoft On the Issues
Mar 2, 2021 · New nation-state cyberattacks Mar 2, 2021 | Tom Burt - Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust Today, we’re sharing information about a state-sponsored threat actor …
Protecting Democratic Institutions from Cyber Threats
Oct 3, 2024 · Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) disrupts the infrastructure of Russian nation-state actor Star Blizzard, seizing 66 domains used in cyberattacks. In collaboration with the DOJ, over 100 …
A new world of security: Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative
Nov 2, 2023 · In recent months, we’ve concluded within Microsoft that the increasing speed, scale, and sophistication of cyberattacks call for a new response. Therefore, we’re launching today across the …
Rinse and repeat: Iran accelerates its cyber influence operations ...
May 2, 2023 · Iran continues to be a significant threat actor, and it is now supplementing its traditional cyberattacks with a new playbook, leveraging cyber-enabled influence operations to achieve its …
Important steps for customers to protect themselves from recent …
Dec 13, 2020 · Please see customer guidance on recent nation-state cyberattacks for specific details and guidance. We believe it’s important to share significant threat activity like what we’re announcing …
Defending Ukraine: early lessons from the cyber war
Jun 22, 2022 · The Russian invasion relies in part on a cyber strategy that includes at least three distinct and sometimes coordinated efforts – destructive cyberattacks within Ukraine, network penetration …