Iran’s APT42 — also known as Charming Kitten or Mint Sandstorm — is redefining social engineering with generative AI, deepfake voice cloning, and long-term phishing campaigns. In this episode of the Cyber Resilience Brief, we break down how Iranian state-sponsored threat actors are using AI-powered phishing, MFA fatigue attacks, credential harvesting, and hack-and-leak operations to target journalists, political campaigns, academics, and enterprise executives.