What the cybercriminals are up to: improving their tools and carrying out the same old dreary social engineering. Budworm APT sightings. And the state of Russia’s hybrid war.

Emotet ups its game. COVID-19 small business grants as phishbait. Google Translate is spoofed for credential harvesting. Research on the Budworm espionage group. Kevin Magee from Microsoft shares why cybersecurity professionals should join company boards. Our guest is Chris Niggel from Okta with a look at identity shortfalls. And Internet outages during missile strikes, and the prospects of Russia’s hybrid war.

For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:
https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/197

Selected reading.
Emotote’s evolution. …

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