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fromThe Hacker News
2 days ago

Iranian Hackers Launch 'SpearSpecter' Spy Operation on Defense & Government Targets

Iranian state-sponsored APT42 conducts the SpearSpecter espionage campaign targeting senior defense and government officials and their family members using personalized social engineering.
fromTheregister
1 week ago

Here's how spies and crooks abuse Gemini AI

Nation-state goons and cybercrime rings are experimenting with Gemini to develop a "Thinking Robot" malware module that can rewrite its own code to avoid detection, and build an AI agent that tracks enemies' behavior. Attackers are no longer just using Gemini for productivity gains - things like translating and tailoring phishing lures, looking up information about surveillance targets, using AI for tech support, and writing some software scripts.
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