Signal Phishing and Russian Intelligence Targeting Messaging Apps
About this episode
The episode discusses how Russian intelligence is targeting users of messaging apps like Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram through various phishing techniques.
Russian intelligence services are targeting Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram users through phishing, linked-device abuse, and backup recovery key theft — not by breaking encryption.
People in this episode
Hosts: Tom Eston, Scott Wright, Kevin Tackett
Topics covered
- phishing
- messaging apps
- Russian intelligence
- cybersecurity
- encryption
Keywords
- Signal
- Telegram
- phishing
- Russian intelligence
- cybersecurity
- encryption
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, Russian intelligence services
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