Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

Researchers discovered five vulnerabilities that can be exploited to remotely hack hospital Aethon’s TUG autonomous mobile robots. A TUG is an autonomous mobile robot designed for hospitals by Aethon. SecurityAffairs – hacking, TUG autonomous mobile robots). To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Security researcher ValdikSS found malware preinstalled in four low-budget push-button mobile phones available for sale on Russian e-stores. A Russian security researcher that goes online with the name of ValdikSS has found malware preinstalled in four low-budget push-button mobile phones available for sale on Russian e-stores.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2022

Another circumstance discovered by the experts is all the devices were running outdated OS versions (i.e. To avoid the risk of becoming a victim of such malware attacks, experts recommend to purchase mobile devices only from official stores and legitimate distributors. Android 4.4.2 Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

A new type of cyber-attack is currently spreading like wildfire in the Nordics, targeting email addresses indiscriminate of user profiles (i.e., small office/home user, home user, mobile user, power user, and large business user).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

& EDINBURGH, Scotland–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Approov , creators of advanced mobile threat protection solutions, today announced that it has been honored as winner of the 2021 CyberSecured Award for Best Mobile API Threat Protection by 1105 Media’s Security Today. SAN JOSE, Calif. & Approov gives us that control.”.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2023

While WithSecure is approaching the task at hand from a slightly different angle than Cyware , both rely on interoperability of multiple systems, i.e. ‘stronger together.’ Our mobile devices, and the mobile apps on them, have become our digital appendages. We feel lost without them. We feel lost without them.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

.” Many websites now require users to supply both a password and a numeric code/OTP token sent via text message, or one generated by mobile apps like Authy and Google Authenticator. The OTP interception service featured earlier this year — Otp[.]agency OTP Agency took itself offline within hours of that story. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Researchers from Dr. Web AV discovered 190 games on Huawei’s AppGallery catalog (i.e. “At first glance, a mobile phone number leak may seem like an insignificant problem. “At first glance, a mobile phone number leak may seem like an insignificant problem. origin trojan. origin trojan. Android devices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2024

In response to a wave of sophisticated attacks against Apple users (i.e. Configuration profiles cannot be installed, and the device cannot enroll into mobile device management (MDM), while Lockdown Mode is turned on. Wired connections with a computer or accessory are blocked when iPhone is locked.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The malware has been active at least since late October 2021, it targeting the mobile users of banks in Italy, the UK, and the US. The trojan allows to hijack users’ mobile devices and steal funds from online banking and cryptocurrency accounts. login credentials, personal information, current balance, etc.).

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Banking Mobile Social Engineering Malware 124

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2023

While WithSecure is approaching the task at hand from a slightly different angle than Cyware , both rely on interoperability of multiple systems, i.e. ‘stronger together.’ Our mobile devices, and the mobile apps on them, have become our digital appendages. We feel lost without them.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2018

The research revealed that millions of mobile devices from eleven smartphone vendors are vulnerable to attacks carried out using AT commands. In the following videos, it is possible to see how it is possible to use AT commands to carry out an attack against mobile devices. camera control). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2022

Researchers from mobile cybersecurity firm Kryptowire discovered a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22292 , in Android 9, 10, 11, and 12 devices. “The vulnerability could give attackers the ability to initiate a factory reset (i.e., ” reads the advisory published by Kryptowire.

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Hacking Mobile Cybersecurity Information Security 128

Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2023

“Previously unknown perpetrators used the Internet service provided by the suspects in particular for so-called ‘DDoS attacks’, i.e. the simultaneous sending of a large number of data packets via the Internet for the purpose of disrupting other data processing systems,” the statement reads.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2023

A set of flaws, collectively called 5Ghoul, in the firmware implementation of 5G mobile network modems from major vendors impacts Android and iOS devices. Such a family of vulnerabilities are present in the firmware implementation of 5G mobile network modems from major chipset vendors i.e., Qualcomm and MediaTek.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Then the malware contacts the command-and-control (C2) server and sends information about the compromised device (i.e. IMEI, phone number, mobile country code, and mobile network code) via a POST request. ” reads the report published by Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2022

FTC sued US data broker Kochava for selling sensitive and precise geolocation data collected from hundreds of millions of mobile devices. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against the US-based data broker Kochava for selling sensitive and precise geolocation data collected from hundreds of millions of mobile devices.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Related: T-Mobile breach reflects rising mobile device attacks. Rather than just keeping Mario out of the castle entirely – i.e. deploying traditional perimeter defenses – in this scenario, Bowser deployed an advanced threat protection by sending Mario on a wild goose chase.

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Energy and Utilities Cyber Attacks Mobile CISO 215

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 27, 2022

After July 2022, all app developers need to follow the Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS) while developing the security functions in their applications. And it will help the web search giant to make Android OS a safe mobile functioning ecosystem.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 7, 2022

A new mobile app, for instance, requires as many lines of code as a 15-year old Linux kernel. They put in the ready-made code pieces, i.e. microservices assembled in software containers, and then add 10 to 20 percent more to create the new app. At the same time, nowadays developers seldom write code from scratch.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 12, 2023

Revealing the same, Microsoft CTO Andreas Braun confirmed that the video generation process will take place, by the end of this week, starting Wednesday, i.e., March 15, 2023. OpenAI has already started working on a new mobile app that will be using the capabilities of GPT-4, a step ahead of the existing web-based language model of ChatGPT.

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Technology Mobile Media Engineering 111

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2018

And while you're at it, do it for your mobile phone provider and your Internet service provider. Add multifactor verifications to ALL online accounts offering this additional layer of protection, including mobile and cable accounts. To prevent "new account fraud" (i.e., But why limit it to the Social Security Administration?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2021

Rogue is a new mobile RAT discovered by researchers from Check Point while investigating the activity of the darknet threat actors known as Triangulum and HeXaGoN Dev. The duo distributed multiple Android mobile malware, including cryptominers, keyloggers, and sophisticated P2P (Phone to Phone) Mobile RATs.

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Mobile Malware Marketing Information Security 92

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 2, 2022

Pegasus is spying software when installed on a device sends information about the calls, messages, phones, videos and all other device related info to remote servers or those who installed the surveillance tool on the victims’ mobile. The United States banned NSO Group, that developed Pegasus surveillance software, last year.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Every year, we hear something or the other about WhatsApp data breach and following this course is this news that is currently trending on various social media platforms and community forums at the end of this year, i.e. November 2022.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2022

Your computer or mobile device generates DNS lookups each time you send or receive an email, or browse to a webpage. Quad9 insulates its users from a range of cyberattacks by blocking DNS requests for known-bad domain names, i.e., those confirmed to be hosting malicious software, phishing websites, stalkerware and other threats.

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DNS Internet Internet Phishing 265

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 18, 2021

In what is known to our Cybersecurity Insiders, the penalty was imposed by the data watchdog i.e It is known to offer services related to mobile data, broadband and voice and pretty soon will soon launch a business related to IoT in United Kingdom. The post Vodafone faces $9.7m

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Telecommunications IoT Mobile Marketing 144

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This is what Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said after releasing a plan that will require mobile carriers to block "robotext" text messages. The FCC further adds the following to keep yourself, your data, and your mobile devices secure. Delete the SMS. Keep all your software updated.

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Scams Mobile Wireless Phishing 91

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2021

” The recipients have to fill a form with their data (name, date of birth, home address, mobile phone number, and email address), some security questions (i.e. Authorities are urging the citizens to be aware of suspicious emails or text messages that may be asking for financial details (i.e.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

Upon launching the malware on the mobile device, it will start by hiding its icon from the app drawer, then it asks the victim for the Accessibility Service privileges. . The list of targeted apps includes cryptocurrency wallet applications (i.e. Coinbase, BitPay, and Coinbase), and banks (i.e.

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Malware Banking Mobile Spyware 86

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Out of caution, the mobile and landline services provider is urging its users to change their wi-fi passwords as quickly as possible. Readers of this article have to notify a fact that a similar breach occurred in August this year and was already publicly disclosed by Continental in September, i.e. exactly after a month.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2022

” The recent wave of sophisticated attacks against Apple users (i.e. Configuration profiles cannot be installed, and the device cannot enroll into mobile device management (MDM), while Lockdown Mode is turned on. Wired connections with a computer or accessory are blocked when iPhone is locked.

Spyware 119

Spyware Mobile Hacking Technology 119

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

As most of the aged community, i.e. those above 65 are using desktop or laptops, hackers are seeing them as easy prey to spread ransomware, bank related customer support scams and Trojans and botnets through video calling apps. Coming to threats targeting mobile devices, the company says that it blocked over 3 million adware attacks, 7.2

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Scams Ransomware Identity Theft Adware 117

Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2021

Cisco addressed tens of high-severity flaws, including some flaws in the AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and in its small business routers. This week Cisco released security updates to address 67 high-severity vulnerabilities, including issues affecting Cisco’s AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and small business routers (i.e.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Researchers at mobile security firm Lookout have provided details about two recently discovered Android spyware families, dubbed Hornbill and SunBird, used by an APT group named Confucius. Since 2018, the hackers started targeting mobile users with an Android surveillance malware ChatSpy. ” reads the report published by Lookout.

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Spyware Surveillance Malware Mobile 109

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Cybersecurity researchers at AdaptiveMobile Security disclosed a critical vulnerability in SIM cards dubbed SimJacker that could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise targeted mobile phones and spy on victims just by sending an SMS. Since S@T Browser implements a series of STK instructions (i.e. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

“We recently received a report about a malicious mobile software development kit (SDK) maintained by oneAudience.” “ MobiBurn primarily acts as an intermediary in the data business with its bundle, i.e., a collection of SDKs developed by third-party data monetisation companies.

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