Iran’s cyber threat may be less ‘shock and awe’ than ‘low and slow,’ officials say

2026-04-24T20:52:01Z0280535cbe87c6ae714b7b2ad6bc00eaf8a7526d3b27edd75f6fc5372c1717b6
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A batch of cybersecurity and policy stories: U.S. officials assess Iran’s cyber threat as more likely "low-and-slow" opportunistic intrusions rather than large-scale shock-and-awe attacks; ADT confirmed a cyber intrusion that exfiltrated a limited set of customer and prospective-customer data; three suspects were arrested in Canada for operating a mobile “SMS blaster” that impersonates cellular towers to send mass phishing messages; the Pentagon is grappling with securing AI as it moves toward autonomous weapons; and Norway’s prime minister proposed a bill to restrict social media access for (

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