Signal, QR and Russia

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.
Hackers are targeting Signal with new QR code-linked cyberattack
These efforts include scripts like WAVESIGN, which periodically extracts messages from Signal’s database, and Infamous Chisel, a known Android malware variant. Other actors, such as Turla and UNC1151, have leveraged PowerShell and command-line utilities to steal stored Signal messages from compromised computers, as well.
Google warns Russian hackers are targeting Signal app used by Ukraine's military
Google's Threat Intelligence Group warned Wednesday that Russia's GRU military intelligence is hacking Signal accounts used by Ukraine's military.
Russia Is Targeting Ukrainian Soldiers’ Signal Accounts, Google Warns
Google says Russia increased its targeting of encrypted apps like Signal as Ukraine ramped up its counteroffensive.
Google: Russia targeting users of encrypted messaging app Signal
Russian-linked cyberattackers are increasingly focused on users of the encrypted messaging app Signal, according to a new report from the Google Threat Intelligence Group.
Google exposes new Russian phishing scheme targeting Ukrainian troops in Signal messaging app
The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has uncovered a new Russian scheme to access messages in the encrypted Signal app, a tactic used to extract information from Ukrainian soldiers' communications.
A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage
Google warns that hackers tied to Russia are tricking Ukrainian soldiers with fake QR codes for Signal group invites that let ...
X Briefly Blocked Then Unblocked Signal Links as Federal Workers Seek Security
Blocking portions of Signal on X is weird but it’s also in keeping with how Elon Musk has run the business. The social media ...
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Surprising Chimpanzee Signal Reveals Secrets of Ape Communication
A rare and deliberate signal between a mother chimpanzee and her daughter raises new questions about ape communication, culture and the meaning of sharing a language ...
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Deadline to nominate Signal’s ‘best of the best’ on horizon
Are the words “renowned, influential, pioneering, or innovative“ among those that come to mind when you think of a particular ...
X temporarily blocked users from sharing links to Signal
It appears X (formerly Twitter) users can once again send Signal.me links, two days after the blog Disruptionist first ...
A Detector at the Bottom of the Sea Found an Extraordinary Signal From the Unseen Universe
Neutrinos lie at the frontier of scientific unknowns about the universe. However, there’s a problem—neutrinos also like to ...
X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal that allows users to send out a ...
UK's BAE Systems: We can meet defence demand if Europe gives the signal
Europe's biggest defence company BAE Systems said it could expand to meet surging demand if governments provide long-term ...