FBI links Signal phishing attacks to Russian intelligence services
2026-03-21T01:23:27Z•f93a565ac6493ade95da3cf9d0dd493108618acb1b2a69accfeb852fce940039
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What happened
A collection of security stories from BleepingComputer: the FBI warns that Russian intelligence-linked actors are running large phishing campaigns targeting encrypted messaging apps (Signal, WhatsApp) and compromising thousands of accounts; Oracle released an out‑of‑band emergency patch for a critical unauthenticated RCE in Identity Manager/Web Services Manager (CVE-2026-21992); CISA ordered federal agencies to urgently patch a maximum‑severity Cisco Secure FMC vulnerability (CVE-2026-20131). Other notable items include a massive law‑enforcement takedown of 373,000 fake CSAM sites (Operation A
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