Tag: department of state

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What's in an ASP? Creative Phishing Attack on Prominent Academics and Critics of Russia

A Russia state-sponsored cyber threat actor impersonated the U.S. Department of State to target prominent academics and critics of Russia. The attackers used extensive rapport building and tailored lures to convince targets to set up application specific passwords (ASPs). Once obtained, these ASPs …
phishing
state-sponsored
asp
email compromise
2025-06-18
department of state
Published: June 18, 2025
Downloadable IOCs: 2
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