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Cyberthreat News is a monthly roundup of key cybersecurity stories. It covers the largest known cyber-espionage campaign against companies that run critical US infrastructure, and big British firms hit by cyberattacks on outsourcing suppliers. It also looks at how AI could trigger government-led “cyber-influence operations” through realistic-looking but false content, according to Microsoft’s Brad Smith.

Graham Cluley is a well-known blogger with his Naked Security blog. It’s a multi-award-winning site that features multiple stories a day on every angle of computer security. A former Sophos and McAfee exec, Cluley is also a conference speaker, media pundit and podcaster.

The information domain is an inherently different battle space that requires government bureaucracies to shift and transform from duplicative efforts and stovepipes to real-time coordination and collaboration to meet the threat. While significant progress has been made in that direction, the cyber threat continues to evolve and expand at a rapid pace.

With 7.9 billion records exposed by data breaches in the first nine months of this year, it’s clear that organizations must continue to focus on identifying and mitigating their risk from threats including malware, ransomware, phishing attacks, distributed denial of service and more. Educating end-users to delete suspicious email attachments, not plug in unidentified USB devices and other basic security basics is essential for protecting systems from these unpredictable and pervasive cyberattacks. Educators and school leaders should also take prevention seriously by ensuring their students have the right tools to be secure online.