Tag: phone

NGate Malware Enables Unauthorized Cash Withdrawals at ATMs Using Victims’ Payment Cards

Nov 5, 2025 1:19 PM

Tags: android, attack, communications, cyber, exploit, malware, nfc, phone, technology, threat, unauthorized

NGate represents a sophisticated Android-based threat that exploits NFC technology to enable unauthorized ATM cash withdrawals without physically stealing payment cards. Rather than stealing cards outright, threat actors use an ingenious relay attack that intercepts the card’s NFC communications from a victim’s Android phone and transmits them to an attacker-controlled device positioned at an ATM,…
Securing the Open Android Ecosystem with Samsung Knox

Nov 5, 2025 1:19 PM

Tags: android, business, data, phone

Raise your hand if you’ve heard the myth, “Android isn’t secure.”Android phones, such as the Samsung Galaxy, unlock new ways of working. But, as an IT admin, you may worry about the security”, after all, work data is critical.However, outdated concerns can hold your business back from unlocking its full potential. The truth is, with…
Phone location data of top EU officials for sale, report finds

Nov 4, 2025 7:19 PM

Tags: data, law, phone, spy

Journalists in Europe found it was “easy” to spy on top European Union officials using commercially obtained location data sold by data brokers, despite the continent having some of the strongest data protection laws in the world. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/04/phone-location-data-of-top-eu-officials-for-sale-report-finds/
Europe’s phone networks are drowning in fake calls

Nov 3, 2025 6:19 AM

Tags: cyber, network, phone

Caller ID spoofing has become one of Europe’s most persistent enablers of cyber fraud. A new position paper from Europol warns that manipulated phone identities now drive much … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/03/europol-caller-id-spoofing/
TDL 008 – Defending the Frontline: Ransomware, AI, and Real-World Lessons

Nov 3, 2025 5:19 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, backup, breach, business, ceo, ciso, computer, country, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, email, exploit, extortion, finance, firewall, framework, fraud, government, group, guide, healthcare, ibm, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, law, mfa, microsoft, penetration-testing, phone, powershell, ransom, ransomware, risk, russia, scam, service, social-engineering, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day

Summary In this episode of “The Defender’s Log,” host David Redekop interviews Alexander Rau, a cybersecurity partner at KPMG, about the evolving incident response (IR) landscape. Rau notes that the past summer was exceptionally busy for IR, driven largely by zero-day firewall vulnerabilities. He highlights that threat actors are innovating, even using AI chatbots for…
TDL 008 – Defending the Frontline: Ransomware, AI, and Real-World Lessons

Nov 3, 2025 5:19 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, backup, breach, business, ceo, ciso, computer, country, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, email, exploit, extortion, finance, firewall, framework, fraud, government, group, guide, healthcare, ibm, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, law, mfa, microsoft, penetration-testing, phone, powershell, ransom, ransomware, risk, russia, scam, service, social-engineering, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day

Summary In this episode of “The Defender’s Log,” host David Redekop interviews Alexander Rau, a cybersecurity partner at KPMG, about the evolving incident response (IR) landscape. Rau notes that the past summer was exceptionally busy for IR, driven largely by zero-day firewall vulnerabilities. He highlights that threat actors are innovating, even using AI chatbots for…
Government hackers breached telecom giant Ribbon for months before getting caught

Oct 31, 2025 6:19 PM

Tags: government, hacker, Internet, phone, software, technology

Ribbon, which provides software and technology to phone and internet giants, said nation-state hackers were in its systems since at least December 2024. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/government-hackers-breached-telecom-giant-ribbon-for-months-before-getting-caught/
Transnational Organized Crime Gang Steals $1 Million from Ontario Couple

Oct 31, 2025 4:19 PM

Tags: breach, china, computer, control, crime, crimes, data, finance, fraud, google, group, india, infrastructure, Internet, linkedin, mail, microsoft, military, organized, phone, scam, service, update, usa

Today my LinkedIn feed and Google News filter is showing me several stories that illustrate how we are failing to stop online scammers from stealing from our elderly. It starts with the headlines. CTVNews: Ontario seniors GIVE AWAY MORE THAN $1 MILLION to scammers.CTVNews: Ontario couple LOSES MORE THAN $1 MILLION DOLLARS to fraud.Toronto Only:…
How to Implement a Secure BYOD Policy for a Modern Workforce

Oct 30, 2025 4:19 PM

Tags: Hardware, office, phone
How to Implement a Secure BYOD Policy for a Modern Workforce

Oct 30, 2025 4:19 PM

Tags: Hardware, office, phone
Old threats, new consequences: 90% of cyber claims stem from email and remote access

Oct 30, 2025 4:19 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, cisco, ciso, citrix, cloud, communications, control, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, encryption, finance, fraud, hacker, insurance, mail, malicious, microsoft, network, phishing, phone, ransomware, risk, sophos, tactics, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability

2025 InsurSec Rankings Report, email and remote access remain the most prominent cyber threat vectors, accounting for 90% of cyber insurance claims in 2024.And, no surprise, larger companies continue to get hit hardest. But, interestingly, the virtual private networks (VPNs) many rely on are anything but secure, despite assumptions to the contrary.”We know from our…
‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages

Oct 30, 2025 4:19 PM

Tags: cybercrime, finance, india, mobile, phone

How did an obscure district in a neglected state become India’s byword for digital deceit?On the surface, the town of Jamtara appeared no different from neighbouring districts. But, if you knew where to look, there were startling differences. In the middle of spartan villages were houses of imposing size and unusual opulence. Millions of Indians…
Is your perimeter having an identity crisis?

Oct 29, 2025 10:31 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, business, cloud, communications, credentials, data, data-breach, defense, detection, email, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, mfa, mobile, network, phishing, phone, RedTeam, resilience, smishing, social-engineering, strategy, tactics, threat

Craft phishing, smishing and vishing. Creating hyper-personalized emails that can be grammatically perfect, contextually aware and emotionally resonant. These messages no longer demonstrate the telltale signs of traditional phishing like broken English or generic greetings.Synthesize trust. Using voice-cloning AI to leave a quick, urgent voicemail from a trusted executive, bypassing the skepticism you’ve trained into…
LG Uplus is latest South Korean telco to confirm cybersecurity incident

Oct 29, 2025 5:26 AM

Tags: cybersecurity, phone

Korean telecom giant LG Uplus is the third major phone provider in the past six months to report a cybersecurity incident. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/lg-uplus-is-latest-south-korean-telco-to-confirm-cybersecurity-incident/
MY TAKE: Have you noticed how your phone’s AI assistant is starting to remap what you trust?

Oct 29, 2025 12:26 AM

Tags: ai, phone

This morning, I tried to power down my Samsung S23 smartphone. Related: Sam Altman seeks to replace the browser I long-pressed the side key expecting the usual “Power off / Restart” menu. Instead, a small Gemini prompt window appeared towards… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/my-take-have-you-noticed-how-your-phones-ai-assistant-is-starting-to-remap-what-you-trust/
Patients Sue Florida Hospital Over ‘Humiliating’ Photo Posts

Oct 28, 2025 10:26 PM

Tags: healthcare, phone

Staff Allegedly Took Photos, Posted Pics on Social Media Without Patient Consent. A Florida hospital is facing several lawsuits filed by patients who alleged staff members used their personal phones to take and post humiliating photos on social medial of the patients without their consent while they were asleep or medicated, and semi-undressed. First seen…
CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year

Oct 28, 2025 5:26 PM

Tags: phone

The total number of US Customs and Border Protection device searches jumped by 17 percent over the 2024 fiscal year, but more invasive forensic searches remain relatively rare. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/cbp-searched-a-record-number-of-phones-at-the-us-border-over-the-past-year/
How evolving regulations are redefining CISO responsibility

Oct 28, 2025 4:26 PM

Tags: attack, awareness, breach, ciso, communications, compliance, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, governance, identity, incident response, intelligence, iot, nis-2, phone, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, sbom, service, software, threat, tool, vulnerability

Increasing attacks on IoT and OT device vulnerabilities Cyberattacks are increasingly driven by software vulnerabilities embedded in OT and IoT devices. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report noted that 20% of breaches were vulnerability-based, which is a close second to credential abuse, accounting for 22% of breaches. Year over year, breaches resulting from software…
Hamas lawyer seeks appeal following police’s seizure of his phone at Welsh port

Oct 27, 2025 5:26 PM

Tags: phone

Police say that solicitors cannot have a ‘cast iron defence’ to protect their electronic devices from ever being searched First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366633407/Hamas-lawyer-seeks-appeal-following-polices-seizure-of-his-phone-at-Welsh-port
DDoS, data theft, and malware are storming the gaming industry

Oct 27, 2025 7:26 AM

Tags: data, ddos, malware, phone, theft

When the pandemic kept people at home in 2020, millions turned to games for an escape. The surge turned every console, PC, and phone into part of a vast online network. More … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/27/gaming-industry-cyber-threats-risks/
DDoS, data theft, and malware are storming the gaming industry

Oct 27, 2025 7:26 AM

Tags: data, ddos, malware, phone, theft

When the pandemic kept people at home in 2020, millions turned to games for an escape. The surge turned every console, PC, and phone into part of a vast online network. More … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/27/gaming-industry-cyber-threats-risks/
MPs urge government to stop Britain’s phone theft wave through tech

Oct 25, 2025 11:26 AM

Tags: apple, breach, google, government, phone, theft

Committee says Apple, Google, and Samsung could render stolen handsets worthless if compelled to act First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/25/uk_committee_phone_theft/
Scammers try to trick LastPass users into giving up credentials by telling them they’re dead

Oct 25, 2025 5:26 AM

Tags: access, advisory, authentication, breach, corporate, credentials, crypto, cybercrime, email, google, group, infosec, intelligence, login, mail, malicious, mfa, mitigation, password, phishing, phone, scam, social-engineering, threat

Staff should be using MFA: CSOs and IT managers should ensure that any password managers their employees use have phishing-resistant multifactor authentication or require an additional login factor, so if staff fall for a scam like this, the scammer can’t log in just using stolen credentials, Grimes said.If the corporate approved password manager doesn’t allow…
Tired of Unpaid Toll Texts? Blame the ‘Smishing Triad’

Oct 24, 2025 12:26 AM

Tags: china, government, phone, smishing

Chinese smishers, the bane of every American with a phone, have been shifting to lower-frequency, possibly higher-impact government impersonation attacks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/unpaid-toll-texts-smishing-triad
DTTS – Zero Trust DNS Enforcement: Policy Violation Management

Oct 23, 2025 8:26 PM

Tags: apple, attack, business, communications, control, data, dns, endpoint, google, group, Internet, least-privilege, microsoft, mobile, network, phone, service, threat, tool, update, voip, vpn, wifi, zero-trust

In a default-deny world, where only verified sources and verified destinations are allowed, which require a successful policy-allowed DNS resolution, many modern threats are mitigated, and there’s demonstrable value in choosing this path, including being able to enforce “My network, my rules” approach to egress control. However, in this world where existing applications need to…
Mobian makes Debian’s latest ‘Trixie’ release pocket-sized

Oct 23, 2025 8:25 AM

Tags: linux, phone

Another phone Linux? The Reg attempts to disentangle the options First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/mobian_trixie/
Mobian makes Debian’s latest ‘Trixie’ release pocket-sized

Oct 23, 2025 8:25 AM

Tags: linux, phone

Another phone Linux? The Reg attempts to disentangle the options First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/mobian_trixie/
MIND upgrades endpoint DLP (and more!)

Oct 21, 2025 5:26 PM

Tags: ai, automation, business, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, data, endpoint, google, healthcare, identity, leak, microsoft, okta, phone, risk, service, threat

MIND Flight 1021 with service to Stress-Free DLP is now boarding. All ticketed and confirmed passengers should make their way to the boarding gate at this time. The airport hums with noise. Rolling suitcases bump over tile floors, boarding announcements echo through speakers and the line at TSA snakes endlessly ahead. You shift your weight…
Maine 2025 Ballot Questions Redux

Oct 20, 2025 11:40 PM

Tags: election, law, phone

QUESTION 1: “Do you want to change Maine election laws to eliminate two days of absentee voting, prohibit requests for absentee ballots by phone or family members, end ongoing absentee voter status for seniors and people with disabilities, ban prepaid postage on absentee ballot return envelopes, limit the number of drop boxes, require voters to……
International Sting Takes Down SIM Box Criminal Network

Oct 20, 2025 11:40 PM

Tags: fraud, international, network, phone

The operation took down a massive SIM card fraud network that provided fake phone numbers from more than 80 countries to criminals. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/international-sting-sim-box-criminal-network