Hot off the Press: APT Actors Posing as Journalists

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In this episode, Joshua Miller and Michael Raggi, Senior Threat Researchers at Proofpoint, join the show to discuss APT groups targeting and impersonating journalists. Joshua, Michael, and Crista discovered during their research how APT actors use journalist and their leads as a form of espionage to collect sensitive information.
Join us as we discuss:
Proofpoint’s unique report on APTs targeting journalists and insight into the motivations behind these attacks
Understanding the “why” behind threat actors targeting or posing as journalists and media organizations
The most common methods APT actors use in these campaigns to target or pose as journalists
Stories about threat actors from China, Iran, Turkey, and more


Check out these resources we mentioned:
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/above-fold-and-your-inbox-tracing-state-aligned-activity-targeting-journalists
Previous episode with Joshua: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/apt-attribution-trials-and-tribulations-from-the-field/id1612506550?i=1000571269986
Previous episode with Michael: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/web-bugs-the-tubthumping-tactics-of-chinese-threat/id1612506550?i=1000558705940


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