Tag: phone
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Apollo Data Breach Shows the Risk Behind a Simple Phone Call
Apollo Global Management has disclosed a data breach involving sensitive personal information after attackers gained access to parts of its cloud environment. The breach occurred between July 6 and July 10, 2026. Apollo later determined that the affected information may include names, dates of birth, contact details, home addresses, and Social Security numbers. The company……
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New Manic Android Malware Uses Offline Networks to Drain Bank Accounts
Manic Android malware steals banking credentials and can relay stolen data through nearby infected phones, complicating traditional device isolation. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news-manic-android-malware-device-relay-data-theft/
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Is Online Privacy Possible? How Digital Identities Can Help
Using the same email, phone number, payment method, and other identifiers makes it easier for data brokers and attackers to profile your activity. Anonyome Labs explains how separate digital personas can reduce correlation and limit the impact of breaches, spam, and identity theft. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/is-online-privacy-possible-how-digital-identities-can-help/
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Manic: The Android Malware That Exfiltrates Data Even When the Phone Is Offline
Manic Android malware combines banking fraud and spyware, using a Bluetooth relay to steal data even when devices are offline. ThreatFabric’s Mobile Threat Intelligence team has identified a new Android malware, dubbed Manic, which has been active in the wild since at least February 2026. The researchers state that the malware is still under development…
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Manic Android Malware Exfiltrates Data From Offline Phones via Nearby Infected Devices
A new Android threat codenamed Manic has been observed actively targeting Ukrainian banks, government and identity services, and messaging applications, as well as Russian and European financial institutions, global fintech and cryptocurrency services, and military-focused communications.”Manic sits at the intersection of Android banking malware and mobile spyware, combining financial-fraud First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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T-Mobile ‘chopped a cable’ to expel Chinese hackers from its network
The U.S. phone provider escaped a large-scale breach of its network after identifying Chinese-backed hackers early on. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/t-mobile-chopped-a-cable-to-expel-chinese-hackers-from-its-network/
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Crypto Scammer Uses Claude Code to Screen 100,000+ Phone Numbers in Phishing Operation
Rapid7 found a crypto scammer used Claude Code on more than 100,000 phone numbers in a phishing and vishing operation targeting cryptocurrency holders. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/artificial-intelligence/news-claude-code-crypto-vishing/
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Budget airlines, mobile phones, and AI
I was talking to some friends about how much more we travel now than we (our parents generation) did in the 1980s. I know there are a lot of factors that contribute towards the shift, but the main point we landed on was that budget airlines have overall enriched us, allowed us to become worldly……
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University of Texas forced to take systems offline in San Antonio after cyberattack
The University of Texas at San Antonio, which serves 40,000 students across six campuses, said its IT team identified threat activity on its academic campus over the weekend and took some systems, including phones, offline in response. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/university-of-texas-forced-to-take-systems-offline-cyberattack-san-antonio
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BTMob Uses Custom Phishing Apps to Turn Android Users Into Remote-Controlled Fraud Victims
BTMOB has evolved beyond a conventional Android banking trojan into a turnkey fraud platform that lets criminals build branded phishing apps, remotely operate infected phones, and automate theft. Its emergence illustrates how leaked malware source code and low-code tooling are turning mobile fraud into a scalable franchise. The malicious lnat-tv-pro.apk sample connected to server[.]yaarsa[.]com/con over…
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SafePal Hardware Wallet Maker Says Flaw Exposed Data of Nearly 40,000 Customers
SafePal has disclosed that an authorization flaw in an order-tracking plug-in exposed the names, email addresses, shipping addresses, phone numbers, and purchase details of approximately 39,798 customers.The hardware wallet maker said all affected customers were notified individually by email on August 16 from security@safepal.com, with the subject line “[Important] Your SafePal Order First seen on…
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New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate
Phone and Bluetooth signals could turn roadside cameras into far richer tracking tools. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/new-surveillance-tech-links-your-phone-to-your-license-plate/
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A Malicious SIM Card Can Run Attacker Code Inside the Modems Behind Cellular IoT Devices
A malicious SIM card can order the device it sits in to run commands of the attacker’s choosing. On the cellular modules built into electric-vehicle chargers, industrial routers, and car telematics units, that is enough to take the whole device over.Researchers at the University of Birmingham and the security firm Fuzzware tested 26 phones and…
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An AI tool found 84 flaws in 5G network software and 23 of them still have no fix
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University turned a set of AI agents loose on the software that runs 4G and 5G phone networks, and the agents came back with 84 security … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/11/5g-core-network-vulnerabilities-research/
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Hackers Target Blackstone, CME and Other Wall Street Firms in Phone-Based Scam
Hackers targeted major financial firms with help-desk vishing and real-time MFA interception. Here’s how the campaign worked and how to respond. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news-unc6671-financial-firms-vishing-extortion/
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UNC6671 Vishing Attacks Target Personal Phones to Steal SaaS Data
A recent wave of cyber attacks targeting financial services, private equity, and professional services is attributed to a data extortion group known as UNC6671.”UNC6671 continues to rely on voice phishing (vishing) to target enterprise employees, posing as IT help desk staff facilitating mandatory, urgent security migrations. Significantly, the threat actor often contacts employees via their…
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Computer maker Framework notifies ‘all customers’ of a data breach
Framework told “all” of its customers that hackers accessed their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses in a data breach. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/computer-maker-framework-notifies-all-customers-of-a-data-breach/
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Novel-reading apps used users’ phones to generate fake ad traffic
A new mobile ad fraud scheme, dubbed Papyrus, is using a cluster of novel-reading apps to generate hidden browser traffic, according to IAS Threat Lab. Sample novel-reading … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/06/papyrus-mobile-ad-fraud-scheme/