Google TAG — APT42 spear-phishing US/Israel officials with AI-assisted lures
Date: 2024-08
Affected: Gmail; senior US/Israeli officials
Attack vector: tool-abuse
Category: threat-report
Severity: Critical

Google TAG observed Iranian APT42 (Charming Kitten / Calanque) targeting senior US officials, US presidential campaign staff and Israeli government with AI-assisted spear-phishing, fake login pages and AI-translated pretexts.


Mitigations:

Architectural layers (MAESTRO):