Security News > 2022 > June > State-Sponsored Phishing Attack Targeted Israeli Military Officials
An advanced persistent threat group, with ties to Iran, is believed behind a phishing campaign targeting high-profile government and military Israeli personnel, according to a report by Check Point Software.
Targets of the campaign included a senior leadership in the Israeli defense industry, the former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and the former Deputy Prime Minister of Israel.
After Livni met with the former Major General, it became clear that the emails were sent from a compromised account and the contents of the messages were part of a phishing attack.
He said, the campaign was "a very targeted phishing chain that is specifically crafted for each target." Personally crafted phishing emails is a technique called spear phishing.
The attackers initiated their spear phishing attacks, first by compromising an email address book belonging to a contact of their target.
"Some of the emails include a link to a real document that is relevant to the target," Check Point's analysts noted.
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https://threatpost.com/phishing-attack-israeli-officials/179987/
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