SpearSpecter — Threat Actor Profile, Campaigns & Targets

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
4
occurrences
First Seen
November 17, 2025
Last Seen
July 22, 2026

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Recent Intelligence Reports

  • APT42: Iran's Human-Centric Espionage in 2026 — Kelacyber · July 22, 2026
  • Cloudflare Outage Shows Why Cyber Resilience Matters — Esecurityplanet · November 18, 2025
  • WhatsApp Screen-Sharing Scam Drains $700K in Minutes — Esecurityplanet · November 18, 2025
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