Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has launched a spear-phishing attack aimed at Israeli journalists and academics, linked to the Charming Kitten hacker group. This campaign, characterized by the use of over 130 unique domains to target specific individuals, follows Israel's recent military actions against Iran. Cybersecurity experts at Check Point Research note that the emails and messages used in the campaign are crafted to mimic real cybersecurity analysts. Despite sophisticated techniques, errors in spelling and impersonation reveal flaws in the execution of the phishing efforts, raising questions about the campaign's effectiveness.
"This suggests there are likely dozens of intended targets, though the exact number is unclear. It's important to note that while this indicates targeting activity, we have no visibility into how many of these individuals or organizations were actually victims."
"Check Point thinks Iran's hackers used AI to write phishing messages, but still managed to make mistakes. The email from 'Sarah Novominski', for example, uses different spellings of the name in the email's text and the account name of its sender."
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