US Disrupts Massive Cell Phone Array in New York

This is a weird story: The US Secret Service disrupted a network of telecommunications devices that could have shut down cellular systems as leaders gather for the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. The agency said on Tuesday that last month it found more than 300 SIM servers and...

Ukraine Busts Gang for Massive $4.3 Million Phishing Scams

By Habiba Rashid The Ukrainian Cyber Police carried out 30 searches and managed to seize computer equipment, mobile phones, SIM cards, and other equipment. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukraine Busts Gang for Massive $4.3 Million Phishing Scams...

A week in security (September 12 – 18)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: The North Face hit by credential stuffing attack Facebook engineers aren't sure where all user data is kept 6 patch management best practices for businesses The MSP playbook on deciphering tech promises and shaping security culture Apple puts the password on life...

mx.dual-sim.cards Improper Access Control vulnerability OBB-2384878

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Avaddon hackers steal SIM card data from Telstra service provider

By Waqas Hackread.com can confirm that hackers from the Avaddon ransomware gang are claiming to have gained access to “tens of thousands” of SIM cards. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Avaddon hackers steal SIM card data from Telstra service provider...

MMS Exploit Part 4: MMS Primer, Completing the ASLR Oracle

Posted by Mateusz Jurczyk, Project Zero This post is the fourth of a multi-part series capturing my journey from discovering a vulnerable little-known Samsung image codec, to completing a remote zero-click MMS attack that worked on the latest Samsung flagship devices. New posts will be published ...

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...

More SIM Cards Vulnerable to Simjacker Attack Than Previously Disclosed

In case you missed it. SimJacker vulnerability is concerning because it can be executed: ➡️ against mass audience, ➡️ against devices manufactured by any vendor, ➡️ with just a $10 GSM modem, ➡️ and there's nothing much affected users can do. Details — https://t.co/BPApXsNghe...

More SIM Cards Vulnerable to Simjacker Attack Than Previously Disclosed

In case you missed it. SimJacker vulnerability is concerning because it can be executed: ➡️ against mass audience, ➡️ against devices manufactured by any vendor, ➡️ with just a $10 GSM modem, ➡️ and there's nothing much affected users can do. Details — pic.twitter.com/ByXhMGB0Hl...

How a man hacked his victims’ SIM cards to steal millions of dollars

By Waqas Californian Authorities have arrested and charged a 20-year old college student Joel Ortiz for being part of a mobile phone hijacking group who hacked SIM cards. According to reports the detainee managed to hijack over 40 phone numbers and stole $5 million as well from high-profile targe...

Securing a travel iPhone

These are dry notes I took in the process of setting up a burner iPhone SE as a secure travel device. They are roughly in setup order. I believe iOS to be the most secure platform one can use at this time, but there are a lot of switches and knobs. This list optimizes for security versus...

Apple Patches Dozens of Flaws in iOS 8.4, OS X 10.10.4

Apple has released new versions of iOS and OS X, both of which include a significant number of security patches, several for bugs that can lead to remote code execution and other serious issues. Version 8.4 of iOS contains fixes for more than 30 security vulnerabilities, including bugs in the iOS...

Gemalto Officials Say SIM Infrastructure Not Compromised

Despite leaked documents from the NSA showing otherwise, officials at Gemalto on Wednesday said the company has found no evidence that its SIM card infrastructure was compromised several years ago by the NSA and GCHQ. The company identified a handful of what it called sophisticated attacks in the...

Gemalto: 'SIM Products Are Secure'

Gemalto officials say that while they are still in the process of investigating whether the company was compromised by the NSA and GCHQ to access the encryption keys for its SIM cards, they say they believe their products and platforms are secure. In a statement issued Monday, Gemalto officials...

Majority of 4G USB Modems, SIM Cards Exploitable

Researchers say 4G USB modems contain exploitable vulnerabilities through which attackers could, and researchers have, managed to gain full control of the machines to which the devices are connected. Researchers from Positive Technologies presented a briefing detailing how to compromise USB modem...

SIM Card Vulnerability Could Affect Millions of Cell Phones

As many as 750 million mobile phones could be vulnerable to an encryption flaw on certain types of SIM cards, a German cryptographer and researcher warned over the weekend. Karsten Nohl, the founder of Security Research Labs in Berlin, unveiled preliminary research on his blog behind the flaw in...

Sim Card Cloning Hack affect 750 millions users around the world

SIM cards are among the most widely-deployed computing platforms with over 7 billion cards in active use. Cracking SIM cards has long been the Holy Grail of hackers because the tiny devices are located in phones and allow operators to identify and authenticate subscribers as they use networks. A...

Sim Card Cloning Hack affect 750 millions users around the world

SIM cards are among the most widely-deployed computing platforms with over 7 billion cards in active use. Cracking SIM cards has long been the Holy Grail of hackers because the tiny devices are located in phones and allow operators to identify and authenticate subscribers as they use networks. A...

Russian Police, Cybersecurity Company Arrest Cybercriminal

If you’ve ever sat in on a cybersecurity hearing on Capitol Hill or attended a security conference , then you’re no doubt familiar with the oft-preached need for information sharing and private-public partnerships. So frequently repeated are these refrains that they’re almost as meaningless as th...

Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS

Update 5 Sept 10 am PDT - 21 Stable wifi issues are resolved, we are rolling out a new update to 21.0.1183.89 Platform version: 2268.142.0 The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the arrival of Chrome 21 to the Stable Channel for Chrome OS. More detailed updates are available on the Google...