The DHS Prepares for Attacks Fueled by 5G Conspiracy Theories

The claim that 5G can spread the coronavirus has led to dozens of cell-tower burnings in Europe. Now, the US telecom industry is on alert as well...

Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in Serial Port Server of China Telecom Group Corporation Ltd.

China Telecom Group Limited serial port server can provide serial port to Internet role. An unauthorized access vulnerability exists in the China Telecom Group Limited Serial Port Server, which can be exploited by attackers to compromise confidentiality...

Facebook Launches 'Discover,' A Secure Proxy to Browse the Internet for Free

More than six years after Facebook launched its ambitious Free Basics program to bring the Internet to the masses, the social network is back at it again with a new zero-rating initiative called Discover. The service, available as a mobile web and Android app, allows users to browse the Internet...

CVE-2018-21091

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M6.x and N7.x software. Telecom has a System Crash via abnormal exception handling. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10906 January 2018...

Working Together to Manage Global Internet Traffic Increases

As businesses and consumers around the world adjust their routines amid the various COVID-19 restrictions, the internet is being used at a scale that the world has never experienced. In addition to millions of people who are now working from home, students all over the world are going online to...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Comba Telecom AP2600-I

Comba Telecom AP2600-I is a wireless access point device from Comba Telecom India. A security vulnerability exists in the upcfgAction.php file in Comba Telecom AP2600-I devices A02,0202N00PD2 and earlier versions, which can be exploited by a remote attacker with the help of a specially crafted...

TrickBot Now Exploits Infected PCs to Launch RDP Brute Force Attacks

A new module for TrickBot banking Trojan has recently been discovered in the wild that lets attackers leverage compromised systems to launch brute-force attacks against selected Windows systems running a Remote Desktop Protocol RDP connection exposed to the Internet. The module, dubbed...

Europol Arrests 26 SIM Swapping Fraudsters For Stealing Over $3 Million

Europol, along with the Spanish and the Romanian national police, has arrested 26 individuals in connection with the theft of over €3.5 million $3.9 million by hijacking people's phone numbers via SIM swapping attacks. The law enforcement agencies arrested 12 and 14 people in Spain and Romania,...

Logic Flaw Vulnerability in Guangdong Telecom's IPTV System

IPTV Converged Smart Set-Top Box is a set-top box device manufactured by Guangdong Telecom. A logic flaw vulnerability exists in Guangdong Telecom's IPTV system, which is exploited by attackers to bypass the payment page...

The DOJ Is Finally Suing US Telecom Providers for Robocalls

The defendants have allegedly connected hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls to US residents...

One Small Fix Would Curb Stingray Surveillance

The technology needed to limit stingrays is clear—but good luck getting telecoms on board...

CVE-2019-19823

A certain router administration interface that includes Realtek APMIB 0.11f for Boa 0.94.14rc21 stores cleartext administrative passwords in flash memory and in a file. This affects TOTOLINK A3002RU through 2.0.0, A702R through 2.1.3, N301RT through 2.1.6, N302R through 3.4.0, N300RT through 3.4....

CVE-2019-19822

A certain router administration interface that includes Realtek APMIB 0.11f for Boa 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to retrieve the configuration, including sensitive data usernames and passwords. This affects TOTOLINK A3002RU through 2.0.0, A702R through 2.1.3, N301RT through 2.1.6, N302R...

CVE-2019-19823

A certain router administration interface that includes Realtek APMIB 0.11f for Boa 0.94.14rc21 stores cleartext administrative passwords in flash memory and in a file. This affects TOTOLINK A3002RU through 2.0.0, A702R through 2.1.3, N301RT through 2.1.6, N302R through 3.4.0, N300RT through 3.4....

Code injection

A certain router administration interface that includes Realtek APMIB 0.11f for Boa 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to retrieve the configuration, including sensitive data usernames and passwords. This affects TOTOLINK A3002RU through 2.0.0, A702R through 2.1.3, N301RT through 2.1.6, N302R...

CVE-2019-19822

The CVE-2019-19822 entry concerns Realtek SDK-based routers (Boa HTTP server using Realtek APMIB 0.11f) where unauthenticated remote attackers can retrieve the full router configuration (including credentials) via the config.dat file. Affected devices include TOTOLINK A3002RU (up to 2.0.0), A702R...

Realtek SDK Information Disclosure / Code Execution

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GALLIUM: Targeting global telecom

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC is raising awareness of the ongoing activity by a group we call GALLIUM, targeting telecommunication providers. When Microsoft customers have been targeted by this activity, we notified them directly with the relevant information they need to protect...

DDoS Attacks Target Amazon, SoftLayer and Telecom Infrastructure

The last 30 days has seen a renewed increase in distributed denial-of-service DDoS activity, according to researchers, who said that they have observed a number of criminal campaigns mounting TCP reflection DDoS attacks against corporations. Researchers at Radware said that the list of victims...

China-Linked Hackers Spy on Texts With MessageTap Malware

Researchers have discovered a new malware used for cyber-espionage efforts by China-linked threat group APT41. The malware intercepts telecom SMS server traffic and sniffs out certain phone numbers and SMS messages – particularly those with keywords relating to Chinese political dissidents. The...