Report: Fraudulent Calls Up 29 Percent in 2012

On average, there were almost five fraudulent phone calls every minute earlier this year according to a report released today from security firm Pindrop Security. The Atlanta-based company found phone fraud was up 29 percent January to June this year from the last half of 2011 after it analyzed 1...

Charlie Miller Takes on NFC, Charlie Miller Wins

LAS VEGAS–Do not stand near Charlie Miller. Actually, you might not even want to let him walk past you. It’s not that Miller is a bad person, you understand. The problem is that Miller has figured out a couple of methods that enable him–or an attacker–to use the NFC chip in some phones to exploit...

Hacker Claims Compromise of IT Recruiter

A hacker affiliated with a group called TeamGhostShell claims he hacked into a website servicing IT professionals seeking jobs on Wall Street, and in doing so compromised the personal information of thousands of job applicants, according to a ComputerWorld report. A hacker identifying himself as...

Wireless Carriers See Spike in Cell Phone Records Requests

Some of the nation’s largest wireless carriers say they last year collectively received some 1.3 million requests from law enforcement for customers’ phone records – a number that continues to rise. The information shared with police includes geolocation information, content of text messages,...

Islamic Anonymous Hacker post hundreds of Israeli email addresses and passwords

Anonymous Arab Hacker post hundreds of Israeli email addresses and passwords Islamic Anonymous hackers on Sunday revealed hundreds of Israeli email addresses and their passwords on the website of Anonymous Arab. Most of the addresses and passwords listed are active accounts. It is yet unclear wha...

Yome Collection for Android issue in management of IMEI

Overview Yome Collection for Android contains an issue which stores the International Mobile Equipment Identity IMEI on a SD card. Applications without the READPHONESTATE permission may obtain the IMEI from the SD card. Kazuhiko Kusano of Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University...

Report: TeamP0ison Hacker "TriCk" Pleads Guilty For Hacking Tony Blair's E-mail

TeamP0ison hacker and newly minted 18 year-old Junaid Hussain of Birmingham, England – a.k.a “TriCk” pleaded guilty last week to hacking charges for a string of attacks on some of the U.K.’s leading political figures, including former Prime Minister Tony Blair, according to a published report in...

Hacker made calls worth £10,000 from public phone

Hacker made calls worth £10,000 from public phone Computer expert Dariusz Ganski, of Sunny Bank, Kingswood, used a router to tap into BT phone boxes and made hours of calls to expensive numbers. He make calls worth £10,000 of premium-line bills and he has been jailed for 18 months. Prosecutor Dav...

Qutecom Softphone 2.2.1 Heap Overflow DoS/Crash Proof of Concept

Exploit for windows platform in category dos / poc Title: Qutecom Cross-platform, open source softphone Heap Overflow DoS/Crash Proof of Concept Date: 14th June 2012 Exploit Author: Debasish Mandal Author's Blog : http://www.debasish.in/ Vendor Homepage: http://qutecom.org/ Software Link:...

Phonalisa v5.0 VoiP - Multiple Web Vulnerabilities

Document Title: =============== Phonalisa v5.0 VoiP - Multiple Web Vulnerabilities References Source: ==================== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=526 Release Date: ============= 2012-06-15 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID: ==================================== 526 Comm...

IP phone AT6XX Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications ================================== IP phone AT6XX Cross Site Scripting ================================== ======================================================= Exploit Title: IP phone AT6XX Cross Site Scripting Date: 27/05/2012 Author: cheki...

ZTE(ZTE)the phone there the back door, get a Root Shell-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

It's appearing that a root virus has appeared in ZTE phones, allowing full root to devices. It simply provides a root shell using a hard-coded password. This is serious news for any hackers, as this command can cause major damage to phones. Here is the information, should you wish to have a go: T...

Senator Seeks More Info On DOJ Location Tracking Practices

Senator Al Franken D-MN is demanding answers to questions about the U.S. Department of Justice DOJ practice of gathering data from wireless providers in order to monitor individuals’ movements using mobile phone location data. Franken released a copy of a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on...

C4B XPhone UC Web 4.1.890S R1 - Cross Site Vulnerability

Title: ====== C4B XPhone UC Web 4.1.890S R1 - Cross Site Vulnerability Date: ===== 2012-04-24 References: =========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=484 VL-ID: ===== 484 Introduction: ============= XPhone Unified Communications 2011 ist die leistungsstarkste Telefonie- und...

Fake Instagram App Could Cost Unsuspecting Android Users

Malware writers are taking advantage of the popularity of the Instagram photo application to distribute a form of malware that can send background SMS texts from Android devices. Instead of downloading the app from Android’s marketplace, Google Play, some users are being duped into downloading a...

UK Teen, TeaMp0isoN Member, Arrested For 'Phone Bomb' Attack

A British teenager believed to be the hacker TriCk, a founding member of TeaMp0isoN has reportedly been arrested after launching a denial of service attack against an anti-terrorism hotline in the UK. The 17 year-old, a resident of Birmingham in the UK, was arrested on April 12 in connection with...

Phone Phreaking using Bluebox Demonstrated in India

Phone Phreaking using Bluebox Demonstrated in India Christy Philip Mathew, an Indian Information Security Instructor and Hacker demonstrated Phone Phreaking using Bluebox in his lab. This time we have something really special that would remind us the phone phreaking. Actually Phone Phreaking...

Talk to IT

Well in advance of your departure date, have a sit-down with IT to talk about your trip and about how to avoid exposing sensitive corporate assets and information to compromise. Your IT group will probably be able to help you find work arounds, secure a line back to the company network and even...

TigerBot - SMS Controlled Android Malware Stealing Information

TigerBot - SMS Controlled Android Malware Stealing Information A new form of Android malware controlled via SMS messages has been discovered and the malware can record phone calls, upload the device's GPS location, and reboot the phone, among other things. Researchers at NQ Mobile, working...

U.S. Ambassador To Russia Accuses Reporters Of Hacking Cell Phone, E-mail

Call it a “rocky start”: U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul used his Twitter account to lash out at domestic news operation NTV, which he accused of hacking his e-mail account and cell phone in order to follow the Ambassador about town. The accusation has prompted a sharp response from...