UAT-11985 Uses AI-Assisted Phishing and Tampered QR Codes to Target Taiwan Researchers
TechNadu · x · 2026-10-09
Cisco Talos uncovered a phishing campaign by UAT-11985 targeting Taiwan researchers, using AI-assisted phishing emails and QR codes modified inside legitimate event posters.
Key points:
- Impersonated academic institutions with deceptive Google Forms links
- A real-time adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) kit designed to capture Google credentials and MFA challenges
The takeaway: even authentic-looking invitations can hide malicious links.
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