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Mon 12 Oct1
TW
GBHackers
An advanced persistent threat spear-phishing campaign targeting individuals affiliated with Taiwanese research organizations, combining likely AI-assisted event invitations with real-time Google authentication interception. Tracked as UAT-11985, the operation uses institutional impersonation, altered QR codes, and an adversary-in-the-middle phishing framework to steal credentials and authenticated sessions. Attackers repurposed legitimate public event information to make fraudulent invitations [
Thu 8 Oct1
TW
UAT-11985: AI-assisted event lures delivering real-time Google AitM phishing
Cisco Talos identified an advanced persistent threat (APT) spear-phishing campaign against individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations. The operation leveraged legitimate public event themes and impersonated reputable academic and policy institutions to establish credibility. The phishing emails exhibited highly consistent structure, rhetoric, and personalization patterns, suggesting the threat actor likely used AI-assisted content generation to rapidly customize invitation lures f
Sat 15 Aug1
TW
Hackread
Dream Group says AI agents mapped 21 Taiwanese government systems, cracked 85 accounts and stole over 2,500 personnel records in a four-day attack in July 2026.