Signal Vulnerability Lets Malicious Callers Block Hang-Ups

SecurityWeek - Oct 22, 2026

Affecting the open source calling library RingRTC, the bug prevented calls from ending properly. The post Signal Vulnerability Lets Malicious Callers Block Hang-Ups appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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