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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Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 1, 2024

The application was noted to have been granted the following permissions in this regard: Ignore battery optimisation This would enable the application to continue to run even if specific battery optimisation (i.e. The post Mobile malware analysis for the BBC first appeared on Pen Test Partners.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Experts uncovered a massive fraud operation that used a network of mobile device emulators to steal millions of dollars from online bank accounts. Researchers from IBM Trusteer have uncovered a massive fraud operation that leveraged a network of mobile device emulators to steal millions of dollars from online bank accounts in a few days.

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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Another circumstance discovered by the experts is all the devices were running outdated OS versions (i.e. To avoid the risk of becoming a victim of such malware attacks, experts recommend to purchase mobile devices only from official stores and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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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in the first quarter we saw: 1,451,660 detected mobile installation packages, of which. 25,314 packages were related to mobile banking Trojans, 3,596 packages were mobile ransomware Trojans. package on the device, i.e. the mobile version of PUBG. Mobile threat statistics.

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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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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

They can review authentication details in a mobile app (such as Duo Mobile) and confirm or deny the authentication. The push notification typically happens out-of-band (i.e., A Duo Push is an ordinary push in which a user confirms or denies authentication via the Duo Mobile App.

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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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Passwords Mobile Authentication Banking 324

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

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

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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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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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

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

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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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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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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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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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2022

Use and keep your security software (i.e. Therefore, we recommend using one or more of the following backup methods: •Backup on a third-party device such as mobile hard drive, CD, USB storage device, flash drive, etc. Update checklist. anti-virus program) up to date and turned on.

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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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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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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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Mobile Technology Media Engineering 111

Spinone

AUGUST 10, 2018

As its name suggests, these cyber attacks lock computers, mobile devices or files so that owners have their access restricted unless they pay a ransom. Damage in Figures As the number of smartphone users grows, mobile ransomware attacks get more prevalent as well. in these mobiles. In other words, it kidnaps your data or device.

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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 9, 2022

Surveillance tools can be used to record audio, including phone calls, track the phone’s location, and access and retrieve all content on a phone (i.e. Regularly restart mobile devices, which may help damage or remove malware implants. text messages, files, chats, commercial messaging app content, contacts, and browsing history).

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Surveillance Mobile Spyware Malware 125

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Benefits of Combining FIDO with Biometrics and Contactless FIDO2 authentication enables users to capitalize on standard FIDO2-certified security keys to authenticate quickly and securely to online services in desktop and mobile environments. medical data or intellectual property) on shared mobile devices.

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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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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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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2020

Crooks have stolen tens of millions of dollars and other valuable commodities from thousands of consumers via “SIM swapping,” a particularly invasive form of fraud that involves tricking a target’s mobile carrier into transferring someone’s wireless service to a device they control. But the U.S.

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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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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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