The Australian government released an advisory late last week about increased cyber activity from a state actor against networks belonging to its agencies and companies in the country.

Attackers are looking to steal the credentials of Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter users with elaborate phishing campaigns. The target of these campaign employees of major enterprise organizations.

A government cybersecurity expert said the government has a secret list of research institutions to give prioritized protections.

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued an advisory to warn users of a set of 106 malicious Chrome extensions removed by Google recently.

While companies usually have resources for a professional security team to protect their remote access infrastructure and endpoints, the same is not true for K12 schools, the FBI said.

"Attackers exploit a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the underlying Internet Information Service (IIS) component of a target Exchange server," Microsoft explained.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned businesses about a rise in ransomware activity targeting those that rely on remote access solutions, like remote desktop software.

The increased activity seen on chat groups in the last ten days has been attributed to the current border tensions between the two countries.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday that she warned Chinese President Xi Jinping against hacking European hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CERT-In says the potential COVID-19 themed phishing attacks could impersonate government agencies, departments, and trade bodies tasked to oversee the disbursement of government fiscal aid.