Threat Research

Between June and August 2025, we observed a newly identified threat actor, designated UNK_SmudgedSerpent, conducting targeted operations against academics and foreign policy experts....

A suspected Iranian cyber espionage operation was discovered impersonating a German modeling agency. The attackers created a fake website that replicated the real agency’s branding and used obfuscated JavaScript to secretly collect visitor data such as IP addresses, browser fingerprints, and screen resolutions....