Ukraine Says Russian Intelligence Used Fake Support Texts to Steal Messaging Credentials
2026-06-28T13:24:07Z•d460618430bc9ba3d1f8786aaafb962237878e4879e3f6bc28e5da9755703652
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What happened
A large batch of security news highlights widespread active exploitation, nation-state targeting, new malware families, and multiple high-severity vulnerabilities. Ukrainian and US authorities attribute a long-running Russian intelligence campaign to phishing and fake support texts that harvest messaging credentials (including coercing Signal Backup Recovery Keys) to fully restore and take over accounts. Several new malware/backdoor families and campaigns were reported (SharkLoader/StrikeShark deploying Cobalt Strike, TinyRCT, STOCKSTAY, Mistic, Gaslight macOS prompt‑injection, Miasma supply‑s
Why it matters
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- 2026-06-28T13:24:07Z
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