Researchers Warn Iranian Users of Widespread SMS Phishing Campaigns

Socially engineered SMS messages are being used to install malware on Android devices as part of a widespread phishing campaign that impersonates the Iranian government and social security services to make away with credit card details and steal funds from victims' bank accounts. Unlike other...

CVE-2021-44480

Wokka Lokka Q50 devices through 2021-11-30 allow remote attackers who know the SIM phone number and password to listen to a device's surroundings via a callback in an SMS command, as demonstrated by the 123456 and 523681 default passwords...

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Wokka Lokka Q50 devices through 2021-11-30 allow remote attackers who know the SIM phone number and password to listen to a device's surroundings via a callback in an SMS command, as demonstrated by the 123456 and 523681 default passwords...

CVE-2021-44480

Wokka Lokka Q50 devices through 2021-11-30 allow remote attackers who know the SIM phone number and password to listen to a device's surroundings via a callback in an SMS command, as demonstrated by the 123456 and 523681 default passwords...

CVE-2021-44480

The CVE-2021-44480 entry concerns the Wokka Lokka Q50 smartwatch. Affected device: Wokka Lokka Q50 (through 2021-11-30). Vulnerable component/flow: a vulnerability in the device’s SMS/callback mechanism that lets a remote attacker — who knows the SIM phone number and the default password — listen...

Widespread ‘Smishing’ Campaign Defrauds Iranian Android Users

Attackers are impersonating the Iranian government in a widespread SMS phishing campaign that is defrauding thousands of Android users by installing malware on their devices that can steal their credit card data and siphon money from financial accounts. Researchers from Check Point Research...

The vulnerability of the TPL template implementation in the web interface for SMS gateways and PlaySMS’ SMS messaging services allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the TPL template implementation src/Playsms/Tpl.php:compile in the web interface for SMS gateways and PlaySMS’s SMS messaging services is related to insufficient cleaning of special string elements. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker operating remotely to...

Finland Faces Blizzard of Flubot-Spreading Text Messages

The Flubot banking trojan is blanketing Finland, spreading via Android phones that are sending millions of malicious text messages. On Friday, the National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-FI at the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency posted a “severe” alert about the malware blizzard, which it...

Anodyne SIMM Management System (SMS) Detection (HTTP)

HTTP based detection of Anodyne SIMM Management System SMS. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SharkBot Android banking Trojan cleans users out

Researchers have discovered and analyzed a new Android banking Trojan that allows attackers to steal sensitive banking information such as user credentials, personal information, current balance, and even to perform gestures on the infected device. According to the researchers, SharkBot...

SMS About Bank Fraud as a Pretext for Voice Phishing

Most of us have probably heard the term "smishing" -- which is a portmanteau for traditional phishing scams sent through SMS text messages. Smishing messages usually include a link to a site that spoofs a popular bank and tries to siphon personal information. But increasingly, phishers are turnin...

‘Tis the Season for the Wayward Package Phish

The holiday shopping season always means big business for phishers, who tend to find increased success this time of year with a lure about a wayward package that needs redelivery. Heres a look at a fairly elaborate SMS-based phishing scam that spoofs FedEx in a bid to extract personal and financi...

Sourcecodester E-Negosyo System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Sourcecodester E-Negosyo System is an open source online ordering system with SMS notifications. sourcecodester E-Negosyo System is vulnerable to remote code execution, which can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code via the "/admin/produts/controller. php" in the doInsert function...

Sourcecodester E-Negosyo System 代码问题漏洞

Sourcecodester E-Negosyo System is an open source online ordering system with SMS notifications. sourcecodester E-Negosyo System is vulnerable to remote code execution, which can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code via the "/admin/produts/controller. php" in the doInsert function...

Millions of Android devices abused by UltimaSMS Adware Scam

By Waqas The UltimaSMS Adware scam is abusing Android apps to subscribe users to premium SMS services that charge up to $40/month depending on their mobile carrier and geographic location. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Millions of Android devices abused by UltimaSMS...

Millions of Android Users Scammed in SMS Fraud Driven by Tik-Tok Ads

Threat actors are using malicious Android apps to scam users into signing up for a bogus premium SMS subscription service, which results in big charges accruing on their phone bills. Jakub Vavra from the threat operations team of security firm Avast uncovered the campaign, which he dubbed UltimaS...

Telecom giant behind routing SMS discloses 5-year-long data breach

By Deeba Ahmed The target of the data breach Syniverse works with carriers like T-Mobile, Verizon, Twilio, and AT&T in routing SMS text messages. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Telecom giant behind routing SMS discloses 5-year-long data breach...

CVE-2021-0686

In getDefaultSmsPackage of RoleManagerService.java, there is a possible way to get information about the default sms app of a different device user due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction i...

CVE-2021-0686

CVE-2021-0686 affects Android 10/11 and involves RoleManagerService.getDefaultSmsPackage. A missing permission check could allow a local attacker to disclose information about the default SMS app for a different device user without user interaction. The vulnerability enables local information dis...

MFA Glitch Leads to 6K+ Coinbase Customers Getting Robbed

The accounts of at least 6,000 Coinbase customers were robbed of funds after attackers bypassed the cryptocurrency exchange’s multi-factor authentication MFA. According to a notification letter PDF – seen and posted by BleepingComputer, which first reported the story – that Coinbase sent to...