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Suspected Russian Hackers Abuse Google OAuth and WhatsApp Linking to Hijack Accounts

📅 20 August 2026 at 19:59 UTC📰 The Hacker NewsView original source ↗
Suspected Russian Hackers Abuse Google OAuth and WhatsApp Linking to Hijack Accounts

Three distinct suspected Russian cyber espionage threat clusters have been observed leveraging legitimate authentication flows to single out individuals working in academia, aerospace and defense, governments, and think tanks across Europe, as well as academia and think tanks within the U.S. These clusters include UNC6293, UNC7005, and UNC5976. "These clusters engage in persistent, adaptive

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