Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Google Project Zero researchers reported that a surveillance vendor is using three Samsung phone zero-day exploits. Google Project Zero disclosed three Samsung phone vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2021-25337, CVE-2021-25369 and CVE-2021-25370, that have been exploited by a surveillance company. ” reported the advisory.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 17, 2022

Most recently, it’s reported that Ohio has proposed a new bill in relation to electronic tagging devices. Making your lost phone make a noise, offline finding, and sending the last location when battery is low are some of the fine-tune options available. You can disable it, again using your phone. Disabling the AirTag.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 2, 2018

Many of the sensors, actuators and other micromachines that will function as eyes, ears and hands in IoT networks will work on scant electrical power and use circuitry far more limited than the chips found in even the simplest cell phone.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2023

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered several exploit chains targeting Android, iOS, and Chrome to install commercial spyware. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared details about two distinct campaigns which used several zero-day exploits against Android, iOS and Chrome. links sent over SMS to users.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Factually, the newly detected flaw was an addition to the already detected Pegasus malware flaw that was developed by NSO Group to hack into the phones of terrorists; but was actually being used to intercept communication taking place between the world’s prestigious dignitaries.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Malwarebytes Premium blocks the subdomain oyglk.altairaquilae.top How to recover from a Facebook scam You can recognize this type of scam because they usually tag several friends of the victim. Select Settings & Privacy , then click Settings (or Accounts Center if you’re on your phone). Click Save Changes.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 19, 2022

RFID uses electromagnetic fields in the form of radio waves to establish communication links between an RFID tag or transmitter and an RFID reader or receiver. Pieces of information are transmitted through the link that the reader uses to establish authenticity of the tag or transmitter and authorize access. Is RFID secure?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 15, 2022

All these days, Apple iPhone users faced the unique trouble of removing their masks to unlock their phones. update along with some new set of emojis and technically blocks illegal tracking of Air Tag users. The post Apple ups its mobile security by unlocking phones with masked faces appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 24, 2022

Apple Lossless Audio Codex (ALAC) is the open source software that is in discussion and is now been picked up by many smart phone manufacturers such as Qualcomm and MediaTek. The post Apple Audio Code has severe vulnerabilities affecting millions of smart phone devices appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Google Security

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Posted by Andy Qin, Irene Ang, Kostya Serebryany, Evgenii Stepanov Since 2018, Google has partnered with ARM and collaborated with many ecosystem partners (SoCs vendors, mobile phone OEMs, etc.) to develop Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) technology. We are now happy to share the growing adoption in the ecosystem.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to a report released by US Security firm Cybereason Inc, some of the top telecom companies in the world were digitally compromised by hackers sponsored by China stealing info, such as phone data and location information of telecom service users, respectively.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 20, 2023

Of those 18, a total of four vulnerabilities are tagged as “top-severity” which could allow for silent compromise over the network. The only thing an attacker requires for the compromise to take place is knowledge of the intended victim’s phone number. Which devices are affected?

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2022

While the price tag of these violations was shocking, the compliance failure was not. Approved forms of communication such as phone calls, emails, and fax are viewed by some consumers as obsolete. These views were echoed in a CFTC release as well. Insecure platforms.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2018

Security experts from Symantec are warning of tech support scams abusing Call Optimization Services to insert phone numbers. Creation and management of phone numbers. According to Symantec, crooks leverages call optimization services in order to dynamically insert phone numbers into a scam page. Call load balancing.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

But one increasingly brazen group of crooks is taking your standard phishing attack to the next level, marketing a voice phishing service that uses a combination of one-on-one phone calls and custom phishing sites to steal VPN credentials from employees. As a result the attack surface has just exploded.” ” TARGET: NEW HIRES.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2019

One of the more curious behaviors of Apple’s new iPhone 11 Pro is that it intermittently seeks the user’s location information even when all applications and system services on the phone are individually set to never request this data.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2021

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

But, as with all games like this, it comes with a steep price tag, so it's no surprise to suddenly see websites peddling "cracked" versions of the game for free. Either the survey leads to a dead end, or ask users to enter their data, such as a phone number. These sites are easily accessible via a quick Google search.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Phone number. If you actually visit the page despite this, it’s also tagged as “Dangerous” where the green padlock in the URL bar is located. Phone calls, emails, and random SMS messages asking for payment information are not going to be legitimate. Phishing for info. Date of birth. How to avoid energy scams.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Phishing domain names registered to The Manipulaters included an address in Karachi, with the phone number 923218912562. That same phone number is shared in the WHOIS records for 4,000+ domains registered through domainprovider[.]work com , and the WHOIS records for that domain share the same Karachi phone number.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Bluetooth has been around since 1994 as a wireless connectivity specification, but the first mobile phones did not appear with basic Bluetooth services until 2001. An employee rents a car and pairs their phone to the entertainment system to make calls or listen to music while they drive. This is a well-known risk.

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Risk Cybersecurity Mobile Wireless 73

Malwarebytes

MAY 11, 2022

However, when someone attempts to download the driver, the download fails and the site displays a message with a phone number you can call for assistance. According to Gizmodo, there are also “support packages” available to buy over the phone which (of course) fail to materialise. A very testing download.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A new tab opens with a new site frequently, and as a result, unlocking your phone after several hours means closing multiple tabs. As per my last blog post , I once again used an Android OS test phone and plugged it into my laptop running LogCat via good old Android Device Monitor. Deeper analysis using LogCat.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 31, 2021

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

Russia-linked APT Gamaredon starts stealing data from victims between 30 and 50 minutes after the initial compromise The source code of the BlackLotus UEFI Bootkit was leaked on GitHub US CISA warns of Rockwell Automation ControlLogix flaws Indexing Over 15 Million WordPress Websites with PWNPress New AVrecon botnet remained under the radar for two (..)

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A review of the Pushwoosh founder’s online presence via Constella Intelligence shows his Pushwoosh email address was tied to a phone number in Washington, D.C. Pushwoosh employees posing at a company laser tag event. Pushwoosh told Reuters it used addresses in the Washington, D.C. Edwards said the U.S.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 29, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has revealed a sophisticated spyware activity involving ISPs (internet service providers) aiding in downloading powerful commercial spyware onto users’ mobile devices. Hermit also roots all infected Android devices, giving itself deeper access to phone features and user data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Exposed users’ data include name, organization name, account mailing address, email address, and phone number. We have learned that your personal information, including name, organization name, account mailing address, email address, and phone number may have been compromised.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

” In May 2022, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers discovered three campaigns, between August and October 2021, targeting Android users with five zero-day vulnerabilities. The attacks aimed at installing the surveillance spyware Predator, developed by the North Macedonian firm Cytrox. ” continues the report.

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Errata Security

JULY 5, 2021

We are surrounded by devices giving off packets here: our phones, our watches, "tags" attached to devices, televisions, remote controls, speakers, computers, and so on. The latest mobile phones and WiFi use MIMO and phases arrays to increase bandwidth. It fills its entire 20 MHz bandwidth instead of only using the center.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

QR codes are everywhere: you can see them on posters and leaflets, ATM screens, price tags and merchandise, historical buildings and monuments. And yet you don’t see lots of QR codes in email: users often read messages on their phones without any other device handy for scanning.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2021

He goes into more details in this thread: TAG sent a above average batch of government-backed security warnings yesterday. The 2-step column will tell you about phones using sign-in prompts, which Authenticator app you’re using and when it was added, phone numbers, and backup codes. That seems pretty conclusive.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

.” A review of Majidi’s Facebook profile shows that phrase as his tag line, and that he has signed several of his posts over the years as “Fatal.001.” 001” that is tied to the same phone number included on talainine.com as a contact number for Yassine Algangaf (+212611604438). ”

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 15, 2021

If someone secretly hides a tag in your possessions, your phone will notice and warn you about it. After all, it isn’t every day that someone just happens to find an entirely different phone in their gym bag. According to multiple tech news outlets , Apple will release physical location-tracking tags in 2021, dubbed “AirTags.”

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Limit who can see your posts, tag you in photos, or slide into your DMs without an invitation. Lockdown your privacy settings Your online profiles are like open books to cyber snoops unless you lock them down. Take a few minutes to review and adjust your privacy settings on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 -Day2: Experts earned a total of $120,000 for finding exploits against Samsung Galaxy S10 and Xiaomi Mi9 phones and TP-Link AC1750 routers. The experts used an integer overflow along with a UAF for the sandbox escape to exfiltrate a picture off the phone. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

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