A multi-year study of cyberattacks against 10 activist and human rights groups shows they’re hit with the same types of intrusions as large organizations but have fewer resources to defend themselves. The study involved eight groups that focus on China and Tibet and two large, global human rights organizations. The groups “typically do not have the funding to hire technical security experts, or the opportunity to engage with government on digital defense or overall policy,” analysts wrote. The Citizen Lab looked at more than 800 suspicious emails, and 2,800 malicious payloads and malware families used to target the organizations.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2846464/rights-groups-ngos-struggle-against-malware-attacks.html