Mar 01, 2024NewsroomPhishing Kit / Cryptocurrency A novel phishing kit has been observed impersonating the login pages of well-known cryptocurrency services as part of an attack cluster designed to primarily target mobile devices. "This kit enables attackers to build carbon copies of single sign-on (SSO) pages, then use a combination of email, SMS, and voice phishing to trick … [Read more...] about New Phishing Kit Leverages SMS, Voice Calls to Target Cryptocurrency Users
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Twilio Suffers Data Breach After Employees Fall Victim to SMS Phishing Attack
Customer engagement platform Twilio on Monday disclosed that a "sophisticated" threat actor gained "unauthorized access" using an SMS-based phishing campaign aimed at its staff to gain information on a "limited number" of accounts. The social-engineering attack was bent on stealing employee credentials, the company said, calling the as-yet-unidentified adversary … [Read more...] about Twilio Suffers Data Breach After Employees Fall Victim to SMS Phishing Attack
Over 10 Million Android Users Targeted With Premium SMS Scam Apps
A global fraud campaign has been found leveraging 151 malicious Android apps with 10.5 million downloads to rope users into premium subscription services without their consent and knowledge. The premium SMS scam campaign — dubbed "UltimaSMS" — is believed to commenced in May 2021 and involved apps that cover a wide range of categories, including keyboards, QR code scanners, … [Read more...] about Over 10 Million Android Users Targeted With Premium SMS Scam Apps
Unpatched Bug in GO SMS Pro App Exposes Millions of Media Messages
GO SMS Pro, a popular messaging app for Android with over 100 million installs, has been found to have an unpatched security flaw that publicly exposes media transferred between users, including private voice messages, photos, and videos."This means any sensitive media shared between users of this messenger app is at risk of being compromised by an unauthenticated attacker or … [Read more...] about Unpatched Bug in GO SMS Pro App Exposes Millions of Media Messages
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 data miner that has recently been discovered installed on a Linux-based Short Message … [Read more...] about Chinese Hackers Compromise Telecom Servers to Spy on SMS Messages
Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile to replace SMS with RCS Messaging in 2020
Mobile carriers in the United States will finally offer a universal cross-carrier communication standard for the next-generation RCS messaging service that is meant to replace SMS and has the potential to change the way consumers interact with brands for years to come.All major United States mobile phone carriers, including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, have joined … [Read more...] about Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile to replace SMS with RCS Messaging in 2020
New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS
Cybersecurity researchers today revealed the existence of a new and previously undetected critical vulnerability in SIM cards that could allow remote attackers to compromise targeted mobile phones and spy on victims just by sending an SMS.Dubbed "SimJacker," the vulnerability resides in a particular piece of software, called the S@T Browser (a dynamic SIM toolkit), embedded on … [Read more...] about New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS
Twitter temporarily disables ‘Tweeting via SMS’ after CEO gets hacked
Twitter today finally decided to temporarily disable a feature, called 'Tweeting via SMS,' after it was abused by a hacking group to compromise Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week and sent a series of racist and offensive tweets to Dorsey's followers.Dorsey's Twitter account was compromised last week when a hacker group calling itself "Chuckling Squad" replicated a mobile phone … [Read more...] about Twitter temporarily disables ‘Tweeting via SMS’ after CEO gets hacked
How to Unregister/Deregister iMessage
You might need to deregister iMessage if you have a non-Apple phone and can't get SMS or text messages someone sends you from an iPhone. This can happen if you used iMessage on your iPhone and then transferred your SIM card or phone number to a non-Apple phone (such as Android, Windows, or BlackBerry). If you recently switched from using an iPhone and didn't turn off … [Read more...] about How to Unregister/Deregister iMessage
Google Hangouts App to Get SMS Integration
Google is planning to add SMS integration to their recently released Hangouts messaging app. Hangouts brings one-on-one and group conversations to life with photos, emoji, and video calls for free. Connect with friends across computers, phones and tablets. … [Read more...] about Google Hangouts App to Get SMS Integration