Cyber Influence Operations

As the 2024 US presidential election cycle approaches its final weeks, Microsoft Threat Intelligence anticipates increased foreign influence activity leading up to Election Day. Learn how Russia, Iran, and China may attempt to sow doubt about the election's integrity by amplifying claims of fraud or rigging.

In a special report on cyber influence operations targeting the 2024 U.S. presidential election cycle, Microsoft Threat Intelligence examines Russian campaigns aimed at manipulating public opinion and sowing political discord.

It has been an incredible year for Microsoft Threat Intelligence. The sheer volume of threats and attacks revealed through the more than 65 trillion signals we monitor daily has given us many inflection points, especially as we notice a shift in how threat actors are scaling and leveraging nation state support. The last year has […]

Discover details of Iran’s cyber-enabled influence operations supporting Hamas in Israel. Learn how operations have progressed through different phases of the war, and examine the four key influence tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) Iran favors most.

Russian cyber and influence operations persist as the war in Ukraine continues. Microsoft Threat Intelligence details the latest cyber threat and influence activities over the last six months.

Dive in and explore emerging trends in East Asia’s evolving threat landscape, where China conducts both widespread cyber and influence operations (IO), while North Korean cyber threat actors demonstrate growing sophistication.

What can be expected from the second year of Russia’s hybrid war in Ukraine.

Discover how Iranian state actors are using cyber-enabled influence operations to fuel geopolitical change. Read more about their tactics here.

Microsoft threat intelligence examines a year of cyber and influence operations in Ukraine, uncovers new trends in cyber threats, and what to expect as the war enters its second year.

Microsoft is attributing a recent influence operation targeting French magazine Charlie Hebdo to an Iranian nation-state actor.

In the 2022 edition of the Microsoft Digital Defense Report, Microsoft security experts illuminate today’s threat landscape, providing insights on emerging trends as well as historically persistent threats in the 2022 Microsoft Digital Defense Report.

Cyber influence operations are a prevalent tactic being used in the world of cybercrime to erode trust in the digital age.