CVE-2020-10839

CVE-2020-10839 affects Samsung mobile devices running Android O (8.x), P (9.0), and Q (10.0), where attackers can bypass Factory Reset Protection (FRP) via a SIM card. The vulnerability is associated with Samsung ID SVE-2019-16193 (Feb 2020). Public references in connected sources reiterate the F...

CVE-2019-20557: Undefined Security Weakness

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N7.x, O8.x, and P9.0 software. Attackers can bypass Factory Reset Protection FRP via a SIM card by blocking the PUK code. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-15262 October 2019...

PT-2020-12362

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung mobile devices with O8.x software Samsung mobile devices with P9.0 software Samsung mobile devices with Q10.0 software Description An issue allows attackers to bypass Factory Reset Protection FRP via a SIM card on Samsung mobile device...

PT-2020-10533

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung mobile devices with N7.x software Samsung mobile devices with O8.x software Samsung mobile devices with P9.0 software Description An issue allows attackers to bypass Factory Reset Protection FRP via a SIM card by blocking the PUK code...

CVE-2020-10839: Undefined Security Weakness

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O8.x, P9.0, and Q10.0 software. Attackers can bypass Factory Reset Protection FRP via a SIM card. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-16193 February 2020...

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,...

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,...

Europol nabs SIM hacking network from across Europe

By Deeba Ahmed SIM Swapping SIM hijacking or SIM hacking is rapidly becoming the biggest threat to mobile service providers and mobile users alike. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Europol nabs SIM hacking network from across Europe...

CVE-2020-0035

In query of TelephonyProvider.java, there is a possible access to SIM card info due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-8.0...

CVE-2020-0035

In query of TelephonyProvider.java, there is a possible access to SIM card info due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-8.0...

Information disclosure

In query of TelephonyProvider.java, there is a possible access to SIM card info due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-8.0...

CVE-2020-0035

In query of TelephonyProvider.java, there is a possible access to SIM card info due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-8.0...

PT-2020-11402

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 8.0 through 9 Description The issue concerns a missing permission check in the TelephonyProvider.java query, potentially allowing access to SIM card information. This could lead to local information disclosure without requirin...

Fill your Boots with credential stuffing protections

Yet again another company suffers a ‘hack’ that turns out to be nothing more than a credential stuffing attack. This time Boots have stopped customers using advantage card points to pay for products. This is after 600,000 Tesco accounts were compromised in the same way. No systems at Boots were...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for hostapd (openSUSE-SU-2020:0222-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Sprint Exposed Customer Support Site to Web

Fresh on the heels of a disclosure that Microsoft Corp. leaked internal customer support data to the Internet, mobile provider Sprint has addressed a mix-up in which posts to a private customer support community were exposed to the Web. KrebsOnSecurity recently contacted Sprint to let the company...

SIM Hijacking

SIM hijacking -- or SIM swapping -- is an attack where a fraudster contacts your cell phone provider and convinces them to switch your account to a phone that they control. Since your smartphone often serves as a security measure or backup verification system, this allows the fraudster to take ov...

Mobile Carrier Customer Service Ushers in SIM-Swap Fraud

Mobile carriers have left the door wide open to SIM-swap attacks, particularly when it comes to prepaid accounts, researchers have found. SIM swapping is a form of fraud that allows crooks to bypass SMS-based two-factor authentication 2FA and crack online banking or other high-value accounts...

Lawmakers Prod FCC to Act on SIM Swapping

Crooks have stolen tens of millions of dollars and other valuable commodities from thousands of consumers via "SIM swapping," a particularly invasive form of fraud that involves tricking a target's mobile carrier into transferring someone's wireless service to a device they control. But the U.S...