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Signal responds to phishing attacks with new in-app security warnings

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Signal responds to phishing attacks with new in-app security warnings 2026-05-13 at 16:08 By Sinisa Markovic Signal is adding new protections for users following recent phishing and social engineering attacks. In March, the FBI and CISA issued a warning stating that Signal had become a primary target of Russian intelligence-linked hackers. Dutch and German security […]

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Germany Suspects Russia Is Behind Signal Phishing That Targeted Top Officials

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Germany Suspects Russia Is Behind Signal Phishing That Targeted Top Officials 2026-04-28 at 14:02 By Associated Press Federal prosecutors have been conducting a preliminary investigation since mid-February 2026 into alleged cyberattacks on Signal accounts. The post Germany Suspects Russia Is Behind Signal Phishing That Targeted Top Officials appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Apple fixes iPhone bug that let FBI retrieve deleted Signal messages(CVE-2026-28950)

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Apple fixes iPhone bug that let FBI retrieve deleted Signal messages(CVE-2026-28950) 2026-04-23 at 14:17 By Zeljka Zorz Apple has rolled out security updates for iPhones and iPads that fix CVE-2026-28950, a logging issue in Notification Services that made devices unexpectedly retain notifications marked for deletion. The vulnerability was patched following a recent report about the

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Apple Patches iOS Flaw Allowing Recovery of Deleted Chats

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Apple Patches iOS Flaw Allowing Recovery of Deleted Chats 2026-04-23 at 12:17 By Ionut Arghire Apple rolled out the security patches for dozens of iPhone and iPad models and generations. The post Apple Patches iOS Flaw Allowing Recovery of Deleted Chats appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Which messaging app takes the most limited approach to permissions on Android?

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Which messaging app takes the most limited approach to permissions on Android? 2026-04-03 at 08:39 By Sinisa Markovic Messaging apps handle sensitive conversations, contacts, and media, and their behavior on a device varies in ways that affect privacy. An analysis of Android versions of Messenger, Signal, and Telegram shows that differences in permissions, background activity,

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Russian hackers go after high-value targets through Signal

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Russian hackers go after high-value targets through Signal 2026-03-23 at 11:20 By Sinisa Markovic Russian intelligence-linked hackers are targeting commercial messaging platforms, with Signal a primary focus, the FBI and CISA warn. The campaign is aimed at individuals of intelligence interest, including government personnel, journalists, and others with access to sensitive communications. It is believed

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Russian hackers crack into officials’ Signal and WhatsApp accounts

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Russian hackers crack into officials’ Signal and WhatsApp accounts 2026-03-09 at 17:02 By Sinisa Markovic Russian state hackers are trying to break into Signal and WhatsApp accounts used by diplomats, military staff, and government officials worldwide, Dutch intelligence agencies warned. They believe journalists and other people who attract attention from Moscow may also be affected.

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State-backed phishing attacks targeting military officials and journalists on Signal

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State-backed phishing attacks targeting military officials and journalists on Signal 2026-02-06 at 16:53 By Zeljka Zorz German security authorities are warning that a likely state-backed hacking group is engaged in attempts at phishing senior political figures, military officials, diplomats, and investigative journalists across Germany and Europe via Signal. The authorities also noted that while these

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ProSpy and ToSpy: New spyware families impersonating secure messaging apps

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ProSpy and ToSpy: New spyware families impersonating secure messaging apps 2025-10-02 at 12:04 By Anamarija Pogorelec ESET researchers have found two Android spyware campaigns aimed at people looking for secure messaging apps such as Signal and ToTok. The attackers spread the spyware through fake websites and social engineering. Researchers identified two previously unknown spyware families.

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Signal adds secure backup option for chat history

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Signal adds secure backup option for chat history 2025-09-09 at 10:52 By Anamarija Pogorelec Losing a phone can mean losing years of conversations. Signal is rolling out a new secure backup feature to help users keep their messages safe without giving up privacy. The problem with lost chats Signal has long avoided cloud backups because

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Russian APT Hits Ukrainian Government With New Malware via Signal

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Russian APT Hits Ukrainian Government With New Malware via Signal 2025-06-25 at 10:17 By Ionut Arghire Russia-linked APT28 deployed new malware against Ukrainian government targets through malicious documents sent via Signal chats. The post Russian APT Hits Ukrainian Government With New Malware via Signal appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Signal Adds Screenshot-Blocker to Thwart ‘Windows Recall’ 

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Signal Adds Screenshot-Blocker to Thwart ‘Windows Recall’  2025-05-23 at 17:21 By Ryan Naraine Signal said the privacy feature is on by default for every Windows 11 user to block Microsoft from taking screenshots for Windows Recall. The post Signal Adds Screenshot-Blocker to Thwart ‘Windows Recall’  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Signal blocks Microsoft Recall from screenshotting conversations

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Signal blocks Microsoft Recall from screenshotting conversations 2025-05-22 at 14:01 By Zeljka Zorz Signal has released a new version of its end-to-end encrypted communication app for Windows that prevents Microsoft Recall and users from screenshotting text-based conversations happening in the app. The new “Screen security” setting is enabled by default and can be easily disabled

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CISA Warns of Flaw in TeleMessage App Used by Ex-National Security Advisor 

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CISA Warns of Flaw in TeleMessage App Used by Ex-National Security Advisor  2025-05-13 at 12:03 By Eduard Kovacs An information exposure flaw in TeleMessage has been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.  The post CISA Warns of Flaw in TeleMessage App Used by Ex-National Security Advisor  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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CISA: Use Signal or other secure communications app

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CISA: Use Signal or other secure communications app 2024-12-20 at 14:57 By Zeljka Zorz In the wake of the widespread compromise of US telecom giants’ networks by Chinese hackers and the FBI advising Americans to use end-to-end encrypted communications, CISA is advising “highly targeted individuals” – senior government officials and politicians – to lock down

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Observations from Black Hat USA 2024, BSidesLV, and DEF CON 32

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Observations from Black Hat USA 2024, BSidesLV, and DEF CON 32 2024-08-16 at 12:46 By Help Net Security I recently spent six days in Las Vegas attending DEF CON, BsidesLV, and Black Hat USA 2024, where I had the opportunity to engage with and learn from some of the top security experts in the world.

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Signal Pours Cold Water on Zero-Day Exploit Rumors

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Signal Pours Cold Water on Zero-Day Exploit Rumors 16/10/2023 at 17:47 By Ryan Naraine Privacy-focused messaging firm Signal is pouring cold water on widespread rumors of a zero-day exploit in its popular encrypted chat app. The post Signal Pours Cold Water on Zero-Day Exploit Rumors appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129)

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Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129) 27/09/2023 at 14:46 By Zeljka Zorz The Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild and patched by Google a few weeks ago has a new ID (CVE-2023-5129) and a description that tells the whole story: the vulnerability is not in Chrome, but the libwebp library,

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Signal takes a quantum leap with E2EE protocol upgrade

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Signal takes a quantum leap with E2EE protocol upgrade 21/09/2023 at 16:01 By Helga Labus Signal has announced an upgrade to its end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol to protect users of its popular messaging app from encryption-breaking attacks through quantum computers. Getting ready for quantum computing “Quantum computing represents a new type of computational system which

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Trojanized Signal, Telegram apps found on Google Play, Samsung Galaxy Store

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Trojanized Signal, Telegram apps found on Google Play, Samsung Galaxy Store 31/08/2023 at 12:18 By Help Net Security ESET researchers have identified two active campaigns targeting Android users, where the threat actors behind the tools for Telegram and Signal are attributed to the China-aligned APT group GREF. Most likely active since July 2020 and since

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