Podcast: APT42 & Iran’s AI Social Engineering: Deepfakes, Phishing & Hack-and-Leak

Iran Series – Episode 4: AI, Social Engineering & the Next Evolution of Threats

What happens when advanced social engineering meets autonomous AI?

Join us as we explore how Iranian-linked actors like Charming Kitten weaponize psychology, deepfakes, and AI-driven phishing to infiltrate high-value targets.

This conversation explores:

• How cognitive biases are exploited at scale
• The growing role of AI in running coordinated phishing operations
• The rise of deepfake-enabled deception
• Mobile surveillance targeting dissidents
• Why adversarial exposure validation and continuous red teaming are no longer optional

As AI becomes more autonomous, the line between human and machine-driven attacks continues to blur.

Cybersecurity must evolve just as quickly.