<![CDATA[New Signal backup phishing attacks just dropped, targeting civil society: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/hackers-are-trying-to-steal-signal-users-backups-in-new-wave-of-phishing-attacks/]]>New Signal backup phishing attacks just dropped, targeting civil society: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/hackers-are-trying-to-steal-signal-users-backups-in-new-wave-of-phishing-attacks/

One of the suggested mitigations is setting up Registration Lock on your Signal account: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059792-Signal-PIN#manage_registration_lock

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9d99f777-2a60-4d0b-ab5c-4e7e1d8228bd/new-signal-backup-phishing-attacks-just-dropped-targeting-civil-society-https-techcrunch.com-2026-05-28-hackers-are-trying-to-steal-signal-users-backups-in-new-wave-of-phishing-attacksRSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 10:03:42 GMTThu, 28 May 2026 19:32:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to New Signal backup phishing attacks just dropped, targeting civil society: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/hackers-are-trying-to-steal-signal-users-backups-in-new-wave-of-phishing-attacks/ on Fri, 29 May 2026 00:20:35 GMT]]>@airikr It's right there in the article: "But Signal offers opt-in security features to protect against that." If it is an opt-in feature it is not on by default.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/116654999801173822https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/116654999801173822Fri, 29 May 2026 00:20:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Signal backup phishing attacks just dropped, targeting civil society: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/hackers-are-trying-to-steal-signal-users-backups-in-new-wave-of-phishing-attacks/ on Thu, 28 May 2026 23:06:45 GMT]]>@evacide Isn't registration lock on by default? I don't use Signal (uses Big Tech) so I don't know if it is on by default or not.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mst-gts.airikr.me/users/airikr/statuses/01KSRDE5ZT32X5SVA6Y89KV5AJhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mst-gts.airikr.me/users/airikr/statuses/01KSRDE5ZT32X5SVA6Y89KV5AJThu, 28 May 2026 23:06:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Signal backup phishing attacks just dropped, targeting civil society: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/hackers-are-trying-to-steal-signal-users-backups-in-new-wave-of-phishing-attacks/ on Thu, 28 May 2026 20:49:38 GMT]]>@NudelnAlDente
I got that too, and in Developer Tools' Inspector deleted the popup's HTML elements, and then the page showed up just fine... 🙂

(I normally just close the pages, but in this case I got curious if it would work.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/samantha42/statuses/116654170319433818https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/samantha42/statuses/116654170319433818Thu, 28 May 2026 20:49:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Signal backup phishing attacks just dropped, targeting civil society: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/hackers-are-trying-to-steal-signal-users-backups-in-new-wave-of-phishing-attacks/ on Thu, 28 May 2026 20:44:43 GMT]]>@evacide "It looks like your adblocker is attempting to interfere with the intended operation of this site."

Fuckin' lol. Yes, techcrunch, that's what it's doing. 🙄

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/NudelnAlDente/statuses/116654150977515356https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/NudelnAlDente/statuses/116654150977515356Thu, 28 May 2026 20:44:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Signal backup phishing attacks just dropped, targeting civil society: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/hackers-are-trying-to-steal-signal-users-backups-in-new-wave-of-phishing-attacks/ on Thu, 28 May 2026 19:42:30 GMT]]>@evacide let's see how long it takes until some German politician falls for this

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://det.social/users/virkon42/statuses/116653906390953484https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://det.social/users/virkon42/statuses/116653906390953484Thu, 28 May 2026 19:42:30 GMT