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AI Security

WhatsApp's New Scam Alert Reads Your Messages Without Leaving Your Phone

WhatsApp is testing a feature that flags suspicious messages using an AI model that runs entirely on your device. Signal is also rolling out automatic checks to confirm nobody has secretly intercepted your conversations.

5 min read
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Identity & Access

Signal Rolls Out Automatic Key Verification to Blunt Interception Attempts

The messaging app adds a key transparency layer, audited by Cloudflare and Trail of Bits, following a year of targeted phishing linked to Russian state-aligned clusters tracked as UNC5792 and UNC4221.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

US warns Russian spies are still hunting your WhatsApp and Signal accounts

CISA and the FBI say Russian intelligence officers are running fresh phishing campaigns to hijack accounts on messaging apps used by journalists, officials and activists.

3 min read
Threat Intelligence

SSU, FBI Detail Russian Phishing Op Targeting Signal and Telegram Accounts

Ukrainian counterintelligence says GRU and FSB-linked operators ran fake tech-support flows against officials' messengers across Ukraine, Europe, and the U.S.

2 min read
Threat Intelligence

Russia's Signal Phishing Now Targets the Backup Recovery Key — and the Key Doesn't Expire

An FBI/CISA update says GRU-linked operators are coaxing victims into surrendering their Signal Backup Recovery Key, which yields full message history and durable account access.

2 min read
Policy & Regulation

Starmer's Device-Scan Mandate Puts Enterprise Encryption in the Crosshairs

The UK Prime Minister gave tech firms three months to build image-filtering controls into every device. Security leaders say the architecture required would gut encryption protections, create fresh exfiltration paths, and hand future governments a surveillance tool the current one insists it doesn't want.

3 min read
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