Hackers

Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes – Go Health Pro

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Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes – Go Health Pro

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 … Read more

Hackers Exploit Signal’s Linked Devices Feature to Hijack Accounts via Malicious QR Codes – Go Health Pro

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Hackers Exploit Signal’s Linked Devices Feature to Hijack Accounts via Malicious QR Codes – Go Health Pro

Feb 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cyber Espionage Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors have been observed targeting individuals of interest via the privacy-focused messaging app Signal to gain unauthorized access to their accounts. “The most novel and widely used technique underpinning Russian-aligned attempts to compromise Signal accounts is the abuse of the app’s legitimate ‘linked devices’ … Read more

China’s RedMike hackers taking aim at telcos via flaws in Cisco gear – Go Health Pro

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China’s RedMike hackers taking aim at telcos via flaws in Cisco gear – Go Health Pro

A notorious state-sponsored Chinese hacking crew has set it its sights on U.S. telecommunications companies.Known as RedMike, the well-known group has defied law enforcement efforts to cripple its back-end and halt its cyberattacks. This latest round of attacks target known flaws in Cisco devices.Administrators are advised to examine and update all internet-facing network appliances.Researchers with … Read more

Financially motivated hackers are helping their espionage counterparts and vice versa – Go Health Pro

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Financially motivated hackers are helping their espionage counterparts and vice versa – Go Health Pro

On Thursday, researchers with the Symantec security firm reported on a collaboration that worked the other way—use by the RA World ransomware group of a “distinct toolset” that previously has been seen used only in espionage operations by a China-linked threat group. The toolset, first spotted in July, was a variant of PlugX, a custom … Read more

Router maker Zyxel tells customers to replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers – Go Health Pro

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Router maker Zyxel tells customers to replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers – Go Health Pro

Taiwanese hardware maker Zyxel says it has no plans to release a patch for two actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting potentially thousands of customers.  Threat intelligence startup GreyNoise warned late last month that a critical-rated zero-day vulnerability impacting Zyxel routers was being actively exploited. GreyNoise said the flaws allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on affected … Read more

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