Russian hackers abuse WhatsApp device linking to spy on high-value targets
Three suspected Russian cyber-espionage clusters are abusing legitimate authentication features across WhatsApp, Google, and Microsoft to compromise academics, diplomats, defense personnel, researchers, and government-linked individuals. One cluster, tracked as UNC7005, has gone so far as to trick victims into linking WhatsApp accounts to attacker-controlled devices and recording their audio and video through fake calls. Google … The post Russian hackers abuse WhatsApp device linking to spy on high-value targets appeared first on CyberInsider.
Russian hackers have abused WhatsApp's authentication features to compromise high-value targets, including academics, diplomats, and government-linked individuals, using three suspected clusters with a Russian nexus.
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