Chinese Hackers Compromise Telecom Servers to Spy on SMS Messages

A group of Chinese hackers carrying out political espionage for Beijing has been found targeting telecommunications companies with a new piece of malware designed to spy on text messages sent or received by highly targeted individuals. Dubbed "MessageTap ," the backdoor malware is a 64-bit ELF da...

Chunghwa Telecom HiNet GPON Access Control Flaw Vulnerability

Chunghwa Telecom HiNet GPON is an optical modem from Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, China. A security vulnerability exists in the Chunghwa Telecom HiNet GPON using firmware versions prior to I040GWR190731. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to log in to the device without authenticati...

Chunghwa Telecom HiNet GPON Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-38472)

Chunghwa Telecom HiNet GPON is an optical modem from Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, China. A security vulnerability exists in the Chunghwa Telecom HiNet GPON using firmware prior to I040GWR190731. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to execute commands and read arbitrary files via a...

Chunghwa Telecom HiNet GPON Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Chunghwa Telecom HiNet GPON is an optical modem from Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, China. A security vulnerability exists in the Chunghwa Telecom HiNet GPON using firmware prior to I040GWR190731. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to execute commands via services hosted on port 6998 ...

Unencrypted Mobile Traffic on Tor Network Leaks PII

Unencrypted, sensitive and confidential user data originating from millions of mobile devices is carried on the Tor network every day. Now researchers say they have devised away to scoop up that data and create personal profiles for specific mobile users, that include GPS coordinates, web...

SIM Cards in 29 Countries Vulnerable to Remote Simjacker Attacks

Until now, I'm sure you all might have heard of the SimJacker vulnerability disclosed exactly a month ago that affects a wide range of SIM cards and can remotely be exploited to hack into any mobile phone just by sending a specially crafted binary SMS. If you are unaware, the name "SimJacker" has...

CVE-2019-13140

Inteno EG200 EG200-WU7P1UADAMO3.16.4-1902261650 routers have a JUCI ACL misconfiguration that allows the "user" account to extract the 3DES key via JSON commands to ubus. The 3DES key is used to decrypt the provisioning file provided by Adamo Telecom on a public URL via cleartext HTTP...

Design/Logic Flaw

Inteno EG200 EG200-WU7P1UADAMO3.16.4-1902261650 routers have a JUCI ACL misconfiguration that allows the "user" account to extract the 3DES key via JSON commands to ubus. The 3DES key is used to decrypt the provisioning file provided by Adamo Telecom on a public URL via cleartext HTTP...

CVE-2019-13140

Inteno EG200 EG200-WU7P1UADAMO3.16.4-1902261650 routers have a JUCI ACL misconfiguration that allows the "user" account to extract the 3DES key via JSON commands to ubus. The 3DES key is used to decrypt the provisioning file provided by Adamo Telecom on a public URL via cleartext HTTP...

CVE-2019-13140

CVE-2019-13140 affects Inteno EG200 series (EG200-WU7P1U_ADAMO3.16.4-190226_1650 and older). A JUCI ACL misconfiguration allows the non‑privileged user to extract the 3DES key via ubus JSON commands, enabling decryption of the provisioning file provided by Adamo Telecom from a public HTTP URL. Im...

Inteno IOPSYS Gateway - Improper Access Restrictions

Exploit Title: Inteno IOPSYS Gateway 3DES Key Extraction - Improper Access Restrictions Date: 2019-06-29 Exploit Author: Gerard Fuguet [email protected] Vendor Homepage: https://www.intenogroup.com/ Version: EG200-WU7P1UADAMO3.16.4-1902261650 Fixed Version: EG200-WU7P1UADAMO3.16.8-1908200937...

Inteno IOPSYS Gateway - Improper Access Restrictions Vulnerability

Exploit Title: Inteno IOPSYS Gateway 3DES Key Extraction - Improper Access Restrictions Exploit Author: Gerard Fuguet email protected Vendor Homepage: https://www.intenogroup.com/ Version: EG200-WU7P1UADAMO3.16.4-1902261650 Fixed Version: EG200-WU7P1UADAMO3.16.8-1908200937 Affected Component: SIP...

Inteno IOPSYS Gateway 3DES Key Extraction Improper Access

Exploit Title: Inteno IOPSYS Gateway 3DES Key Extraction - Improper Access Restrictions Date: 2019-06-29 Exploit Author: Gerard Fuguet [email protected] Vendor Homepage: https://www.intenogroup.com/ Version: EG200-WU7P1UADAMO3.16.4-1902261650 Fixed Version: EG200-WU7P1UADAMO3.16.8-1908200937...

Inteno IOPSYS Gateway - Improper Access Restrictions

Inteno IOPSYS Gateway - Improper Access Restrictions Exploit Title: Inteno IOPSYS Gateway 3DES Key Extraction - Improper Access Restrictions Date: 2019-06-29 Exploit Author: Gerard Fuguet [email protected] Vendor Homepage: https://www.intenogroup.com/ Version: EG200-WU7P1UADAMO3.16.4-1902261650...

Some D-Link and Comba WiFi Routers Leak Their Passwords in Plaintext

What could be worse than your router leaking its administrative login credentials in plaintext? Cybersecurity researchers from Trustwave's SpiderLabs have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in some router models from two popular manufacturers—D-Link and Comba Telecom—that involve insecu...

CVE-2019-2137

In the endCall function of TelecomManager.java, there is a possible Denial of Service due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local denial of access to Emergency Services with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-2137

In the endCall function of TelecomManager.java, there is a possible Denial of Service due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local denial of access to Emergency Services with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android...

AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon Blasted For Data Privacy Policies

A U.S. senator has put telecommunication companies – AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon – on notice for their data-collection and retention policies. Last week, U.S. senator Ron Wyden D-Ore. sent an open letter to the CEOs of the four major telecom providers urging them to limit the data they...

Pakistani Man Bribed AT&T Insiders to Plant Malware and Unlock 2 Million Phones

United States federal government has charged a Pakistani national for bribing employees at AT&T telecommunication company over a period of five years to help unlock more than 2 million phones and plant malware on the company's network. Muhammad Fahd, a 34-year-old man from Pakistan, was arrested ...

New OTT Service Changing How New Zealanders Watch Sports

Communications service providers are looking for new ways to gain an edge in today's competitive market. In sports-crazed New Zealand, one of the country's largest telecom providers just launched an all-sports video service to attract new subscribers. Spark Sport is a new over-the-top OTT offerin...