The Iran-based hacking group Charming Kitten has resurfaced with a new campaign that uses fake interviews to target public figures to launch phishing attacks and steal victims’ email-account information. In a report released Wednesday, security researchers at Certfa Lab say they discovered the Iranian APT group targeting public figures such as political and human rights activists with new attacks aimed at stealing their email credentials and sniffing around for info about their contacts and networks, the company wrote in a blog post.

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