APT28 Hackers Exploit Signal Chats in Latest Malware Campaign Targeting Ukraine

Threat actors exploit encrypted messenger Signal chats in a wave of Russia-linked phishing attacks.

Signal chats weaponized into delivery vectors

Russian state-backed threat actors known as APT28 have launched a new wave of cyberattacks against Ukrainian government entities by weaponizing Signal chats to drop malware.

Signal, the widely used encrypted messaging app, remains secure, but perpetrators have found creative ways to exploit its communication channels for phishing.

The attacks were