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Welcome to this edition of Cyberthreat News, a weekly briefing of critical security and threat information. We use internal and external data and intelligence to provide you with the knowledge you need to protect yourself, your family, small and medium businesses, and SLTT and federal agencies.

We have a growing number of people dotted around the world that are helping ISIS carry out cyber attacks and spread propaganda, according to security company FireEye. They range from opportunistic attacks to more sophisticated operations. They’re attacking everything from small companies to media organisations. The French TV station TV5 Monde was a high-profile victim early this year.

CISA and the FBI issued a PSA warning that Russian intelligence services continue to target commercial messaging apps in ongoing phishing campaigns. Those affected include current and former government officials, military personnel, political figures, and journalists.