New FBI warning reveals phishing attacks hitting private chats

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Kurt 'The CyberGuy' Knutsson shares practical ways to avoid falling victim to AI-generated phishing scams and discusses a report that North Korean agents are posing as I.T. workers to funnel money into the country's nuclear program. You probably think your messages are safe. After all, apps like WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram promote strong encryption. But a new warning from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows that attackers do not need to break encryption at all. FBI WARNS ABOUT FOREIGN APPS AND YOUR DATA A new federal advisory says phishing campaigns tied to Russian intelligence are going after messaging app users instead of trying to break encryption. (MStudioImages/Getty Images) According to the joint advisory, cyber actors tied to Russian intelligence are running large-scale phishing