Sophisticated Spear-Phishing Campaign Targets C-Suite Executives

Posted on:January 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM

TLDR: Threat actors are combining AI voice cloning with traditional spear-phishing to target C-suite executives. Victims receive voicemails from “colleagues” directing them to credential harvesting sites.

Attack Chain:

  1. Open-source intelligence gathering on targets
  2. AI voice clone generation from public recordings
  3. Voicemail + email combination attack
  4. Credential harvesting via lookalike domains

At least 12 successful compromises confirmed at Fortune 1000 companies.