UK and partners expose Russian state-supported actors for new ‘zero-click’ phishing campaign targeting Western organisations
2026-07-24T08:52:16Z•a8f40950734b4de5be7fa91090608780313ccca4de6f92a80af93a2f3e28a004
CNI resilienceChina-nexus covert networksFortinetLAUNDRY BEARPQC migrationRussiaVPN gatewaysZTNAZero Trustagentic AIfirewallsmisconfigured routerspasskeyspost-quantum cryptographysmall business cyber advicestate-sponsoredsupply chain attacksvulnerability patchingzero-click phishing
What happened
UK NCSC roundup: primary alert exposing Russian state-supported group ‘LAUNDRY BEAR’ conducting a targeted ‘zero-click’ phishing campaign against Western organisations; separate high‑impact advisories urging action after global targeting of Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways and warnings about Russian exploitation of poorly configured routers against critical sectors. Other guidance and reports cover defending against China-nexus covert networks of compromised devices, software supply‑chain risks, preparing for a large vulnerability patch wave, post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) migration, Zero‑
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- uk_ncsc_all_rss
- Record identifier
- a8f40950734b4de5be7fa91090608780313ccca4de6f92a80af93a2f3e28a004
- Enrichment time
- 2026-07-24T08:52:16Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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