Cyber Briefing: 2025.01.17

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🚨 Cyber Alerts

1. Star Blizzard Targets WhatsApp Accounts

Star Blizzard, the Russian-linked threat actor, has launched a new spear-phishing campaign targeting WhatsApp accounts, marking a deviation from its usual methods…