RE: mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler/…

I'd recommend faculty export their gradebook as a precaution community.instructure.com/en/k… and download any student submissions for assignments not yet graded community.instructure.com/en/k… And everyone be prepared for an increased amount of phishing emails in the future since everyone's email addresses and names and messages were part of the leaked data en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
#CanvasLMS #Phishing

Well, the new Google ReCaptcha is awful, sheesh

It's a QR code you have to scan with a "proper" device - aka with Google Services installed

Goodbye last 10 years of phishing awareness, time to scan random QRs without a thought while you are purchasing things, woo! Seriously what were they thinking?

And because it's recommended to be put in "high risk" places, people will expect them to be seen there, and so a scam/phishing QR will be so much easier to slip in.

cloud.google.com/blog/products…

#google #captcha #recaptcha #phishing #infosec #cybersecurity

What can be done to avoid this type of phishing attack on Signal users?
Also, how could the attackers have known which Signal accounts beloned to government officials in the first place? They must have shared their contact info publicly somehow?

The attacks work by sending messages purporting to come from Signal support.
Victims are urged to hand over sensitive account information, which the attackers can then use to gain access to their chat groups and messages.
When the scam is successful, the hackers gain access to photos and files shared on Signal and can also impersonate the person whose account was compromised.

france24.com/en/live-news/2026…

#Signal #Phishing #Russia

Germany blames Russia for Signal phishing attacks on MPs

Top officials in the German government on Saturday blamed Russia for repeated phishing attacks targeting lawmakers and senior administration officials using the Signal messaging app.

^{France 24 (FRANCE 24)}

#NASA Employees Duped in Chinese #Phishing Scheme Targeting U.S. Defense Software

thehackernews.com/2026/04/nasa…

NASA Employees Duped in Chinese Phishing Scheme Targeting U.S. Defense Software

NASA OIG exposed a 2017–2021 spear-phishing campaign by Song Wu, leading to DOJ charges and export control violations.

^{The Hacker News}

Angriff via Signal
Abgeordnete fallen auf digitalen Enkeltrick herein

Abgeordnete aus dem Bundestag erhielten Phishing-Nachrichten, hinter denen die Bundesregierung Russland sieht. Auch Grüne und Linke sind betroffen.

Kommt jetzt das Social-Media-Verbot für Julia Klöckner?

taz.de/Angriff-via-Signal/!617…

SO berichtet man von dem Angriff

#taz #riese #Angriff #Signal
#Abgeordnete #Enkeltrick #Bundestag #PhishingNachrichten #Bundesregierung #Russland #Phishing #SocialMediaVerbot #Klöckner

Angriff via Signal: Abgeordnete fallen auf digitalen Enkeltrick herein

^{Dinah Riese (taz)}