Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes

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Russia Targets Ukrainian Signal Users With Simple Hack

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Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes

Swapping QR codes in group invites and artillery targeting are latest ploys.

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Russia-aligned threat groups dupe Ukrainian targets via Signal

Russian state threat groups have compromised Signal accounts used by Ukrainian military and government personnel to eavesdrop on real-time communications, Google Threat Intelligence Group said in a report released Wednesday. “This is a persistent, ongoing campaign being carried out by multiple different Russia-aligned threat actors,” Dan Black, principal analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group, said in an email to CyberScoop. Researchers obs…

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Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes – English Times

Signal, as an encrypted messaging app and protocol, remains relatively secure. But Signal’s growing popularity as a tool to circumvent surveillance has led agents affiliated with Russia to try to manipulate the app’s users into surreptitiously linking their devices, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. While Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine is likely driving the country’s desire to work around Signal’s encryption, “We anticipat…

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Ars Technica: Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes

Ars Technica: Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes. “Signal, as an encrypted messaging app and protocol, remains relatively secure. But Signal’s growing popularity as a tool to circumvent surveillance has led agents affiliated with Russia to try to manipulate the app’s users into surreptitiously linking their devices, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group.”The post Ars Technica: Russia-aligned …

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Hackers use Signal's linked device feature to hijack accounts via malicious QR codes

Hackers use Signal's linked device feature to hijack accounts via malicious QR codes