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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

CISA has warned that state-backed snoops and cyber-mercenaries are actively abusing commercial spyware to break into Signal and WhatsApp accounts, hijack devices, and quietly rummage through the phones of what the agency calls "high-value" users.

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... In an alert published Monday, the US government's cyber agency said it's tracking multiple miscreants that are using a mix of phishing, bogus QR codes, malicious app impersonation, and, in some cases, full-blown zero-click exploits to compromise messaging apps which most people assume are safe.

The agency says the activity it's seeing suggests an increasing focus on "high-value" individuals -- everyone from current and former senior government, military, and political officials to civil society groups across the US, the Middle East, and Europe. In many of the campaigns, attackers delivered spyware first and asked questions later, using the foothold to deploy more payloads and deepen their access. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-25 06:52 PM | Reply

@#1 ... The agency says the activity it's seeing suggests an increasing focus on "high-value" individuals -- everyone from current and former senior government, military, and political officials ...

Does that mean, like the current Sec of Defense using Signal for group chats possibly containing classified information?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-25 06:54 PM | Reply

Surprised Putin doesn't have him on speed dial. Or vice-versa.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-25 07:07 PM | Reply

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