Phishing threatens state and corporate cybersecurity

The UK National Cyber Security Centre has warned of a major phishing campaign by Russian and Iranian state actors

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  • Identify targets
  • Build communication
  • Compromise network
  • Tried-and-tested criminal strategy
  • Exploiting human users
  • Convergence of state and criminal tactics
  • Complicating attribution
  • Shifting focus to personal devices
  • Double-edged AI
  • Government response

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