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Iran-Linked SpearSpecter Campaign Leveraging Personalized Social Engineering Against High-Value Officials


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2025-11-17 13:15:59
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Iranian threat actors aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organization (IRGC-IO) are conducting a sophisticated espionage campaign tracked as SpearSpecter, systematically targeting high-value senior defense and government officials through personalized social engineering tactics. The threat group, operating under multiple aliases including APT42, Mint Sandstorm, Educated Manticore, and CharmingCypress, has demonstrated remarkable patience and […]


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Mayura Kathir

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