UK and partners expose Russian state-supported actors for new ‘zero-click’ phishing campaign targeting Western organisations

2026-07-24T20:52:15Z1fc2de196267757b2db5759639b3ea7b47d5f55ac5d8207b23f9dfa908cecaf7
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What happened

The UK NCSC and international partners disclosed a Russian state-supported actor dubbed 'LAUNDRY BEAR' conducting a new zero-click phishing campaign targeting Western organisations. The feed also includes allied advisories urging critical sectors to remediate poorly configured routers and network devices, and an NCSC alert following global targeting of Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways. Additional items provide guidance on post-quantum migration, zero-trust access (ZTNA), software supply chain risks, AI in cyber defence, and authentication best practices (passkeys).

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

Source ID
uk_ncsc_all_rss
Record identifier
1fc2de196267757b2db5759639b3ea7b47d5f55ac5d8207b23f9dfa908cecaf7
Enrichment time
2026-07-24T20:52:15Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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