Tag: phone
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Cyberattack Disrupts Massachusetts Emergency Dispatch, 911 Services Remain Active
A Massachusetts emergency cyberattack has temporarily disrupted the operations of the Patriot Regional Emergency Communications Center, affecting several small towns in northern Massachusetts. The breach, which began on Tuesday, has compromised town and public safety computer systems, though 9-1-1 emergency phone lines remain operational. Non-emergency and business phone lines, however, are currently out of service. First seen on thecyberexpress.com…
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Sample Malware Phone Back CC (Command and Control) MD5s From Domains Belonging to XSS Forum Users A Compilation
Dear blog readers, In my most recent analysis I decided to take a deeper look inside some of the domains which belong to members of the XSS forum are known to have been used as malicious software phone back C&C (command and control) domains. Here’s the compilation: 206.su 740d9cd8ea165302aa3cd7e6f198ea4c 23fefvdfmbhty5ouihksdfs.com c2a10312a002ad7de56237d9a419f2f8 adwords-limon.biz 7e2c95f6297d372820df8bea6ec10c42 astfv43kol.com c5d8a48579e8bc4a2ff1ac229d7da4bb…
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AutoSecT Mobile: Automating Android and iOS Security Testing
Your banking app knows your face. It reads your fingerprint. It trusts that the person holding the phone is really you. But what if it’s wrong? Mobile-first banking has made financial services more accessible than ever. You can transfer money, pay bills, and apply for loans all from your phone, all in seconds. But this……
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Planning a spring break trip? Don’t fall for these 7 travel scams
<div cla Spring break scams are out to ruin your vacation, but they don’t have to. With a little awareness and Avast Free Antivirus protecting your devices, you can hit the beach without handing criminals an opening. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/planning-a-spring-break-trip-dont-fall-for-these-7-travel-scams/
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Cybersecurity AI Awareness Training for Texas Government Agencies: How Kratikal’s Threatcop Meets the DIR Mandate
The last few big cyberattacks on government organizations all have one thing in common. They started because of something a person did wrong, not because of technology. These cyberattacks occur when an employee clicks a link in an email or answers a strange phone call. Sometimes they even give away information by mistake. So technology……
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Breach of Confidence 27 March 2026
I’ve been watching my phone battery go to 37% lately and it’s giving me anxiety even though I know I can make it through the day. This is why I don’t think I’ll ever be able to live with an electric car. The Scanner That Scanned Itself Trivy, the widely used security scanner that’s been……
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FCC pushes new rules to crack down on robocallers, foreign call centers
Tags: phoneTwo measures aim to make it harder for robocallers to obtain valid U.S. phone numbers and pressure companies to onshore call center services. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/fcc-votes-to-crack-down-on-robcallers-foreign-call-centers/
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Convicted spyware chief hints that Greece’s government was behind dozens of phone hacks
The spyware founder’s comments are the most direct suggestion yet from anyone inside Intellexa that the Mitsotakis government authorized the hacking of dozens of phones belonging to senior Greek government ministers, opposition leaders, military officials, and journalists. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/convicted-spyware-chief-hints-that-greeces-government-was-behind-dozens-of-phone-hacks/
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Convicted spyware chief hints that Greece’s government was behind dozens of phone hacks
The spyware founder’s comments are the most direct suggestion yet from anyone inside Intellexa that the Mitsotakis government authorized the hacking of dozens of phones belonging to senior Greek government ministers, opposition leaders, military officials, and journalists. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/convicted-spyware-chief-hints-that-greeces-government-was-behind-dozens-of-phone-hacks/
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Scammers have virtual smartphones on speed dial for fraud
They cleverly mimic most traits of a real phone First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/25/virtual_smartphones_fraud/
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Cloud Phones Linked to Rising Financial Fraud Threat
Cloud Android phones fuel financial fraud, evading detection and enabling dropper accounts First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cloud-phones-financial-fraud/
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6 key trends reshaping the IAM market
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, framework, governance, government, Hardware, iam, identity, mfa, mobile, network, nis-2, passkey, password, PCI, phone, regulation, saas, service, startup, strategy, technologyPasswordless authentication on the rise: Passwords have long been the weakest link in most security architectures.Many mobile phones and laptops already use biometrics for authentication, and the user experience is typically far better than typing a long and complex password into an interface.The growing uptake of passwordless authentication (FIDO2/passkeys, biometrics) is redefining the scope of…
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6 key trends reshaping the IAM market
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, framework, governance, government, Hardware, iam, identity, mfa, mobile, network, nis-2, passkey, password, PCI, phone, regulation, saas, service, startup, strategy, technologyPasswordless authentication on the rise: Passwords have long been the weakest link in most security architectures.Many mobile phones and laptops already use biometrics for authentication, and the user experience is typically far better than typing a long and complex password into an interface.The growing uptake of passwordless authentication (FIDO2/passkeys, biometrics) is redefining the scope of…
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6 key trends reshaping the IAM market
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, framework, governance, government, Hardware, iam, identity, mfa, mobile, network, nis-2, passkey, password, PCI, phone, regulation, saas, service, startup, strategy, technologyPasswordless authentication on the rise: Passwords have long been the weakest link in most security architectures.Many mobile phones and laptops already use biometrics for authentication, and the user experience is typically far better than typing a long and complex password into an interface.The growing uptake of passwordless authentication (FIDO2/passkeys, biometrics) is redefining the scope of…
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6 key trends reshaping the IAM market
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, framework, governance, government, Hardware, iam, identity, mfa, mobile, network, nis-2, passkey, password, PCI, phone, regulation, saas, service, startup, strategy, technologyPasswordless authentication on the rise: Passwords have long been the weakest link in most security architectures.Many mobile phones and laptops already use biometrics for authentication, and the user experience is typically far better than typing a long and complex password into an interface.The growing uptake of passwordless authentication (FIDO2/passkeys, biometrics) is redefining the scope of…
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Hong Kong police can demand phone and computer passwords under amended national security law
Refusing to comply could lead to year in jail and hefty fine, while providing false information carries up to three years in prisonHong Kong police can now demand that people suspected of breaching the city’s national security law provide mobile phone or computer passwords in a further crackdown on dissent.The amendments to the law also…
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The phone call is the new phishing email
Voice-based phishing was at the root of multiple attack sprees Mandiant responded to last year, reflecting a concerning shift in tactics. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/social-engineering-surge-intrusion-vector-mandiant-m-trends/
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Sorry, Amazon, you couldn’t pick a worse time to bring a phone to market: IDC analyst
Tags: phoneThe market is contracting First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/20/amazon_phone_worst_possible_time/
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Sorry, Amazon, you couldn’t pick a worse time to bring a phone to market: IDC analyst
Tags: phoneThe market is contracting First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/20/amazon_phone_worst_possible_time/
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Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck
Plus: The FBI admits it’s buying phone data to track Americans, Iranian hackers disrupt medical care at Maryland hospitals, and more. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-cyberattack-on-a-car-breathalyzer-firm-leaves-drivers-stuck/
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TDL 018 – How To Think, Not What To Think – Mitch Prior
Tags: access, ai, apple, attack, backup, blockchain, business, cctv, china, ciso, cloud, computer, conference, control, credentials, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, finance, firmware, google, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, jobs, law, mail, malware, military, network, phone, privacy, resilience, risk, router, software, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, wifi, zero-trustThe Human Algorithm in a Zero-Trust World In the latest episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with cybersecurity expert Mitch Prior to discuss the intersection of high-tech security and human intuition. From their first meeting in 2018″, the early days of Zero Trust”, the duo explores why the “why” behind technical…
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CISA urges companies to secure Microsoft Intune systems after hackers mass-wipe Stryker devices
The U.S. cybersecurity agency urged companies to prevent access to systems used for remotely managing their fleets of employee devices after hackers broke into a major U.S. medical tech giant and remotely wiped thousands of phones and computers. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/cisa-urges-companies-to-secure-microsoft-intune-systems-after-hackers-mass-wipe-stryker-devices/
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Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web
Customer conversations with chatbots can include contact information and personal details that make it easier for scammers to launch phishing attacks and commit fraud. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/sears-exposed-ai-chatbot-phone-calls-and-text-chats-to-anyone-on-the-web/
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Glassworm Malware Infects Popular React Native npm Packages
Tags: attack, country, credentials, cyber, international, malicious, malware, phone, supply-chain, windowsA new Glassworm-linked supply chain attack has briefly turned two popular React Native npm packages into delivery vehicles for Windows credential-stealing malware. On March 16, 2026, malicious versions of AstrOOnauta’s react-native-country-select@0.3.91 and react-native-international-phone-number@0.11.8 were published to npm, each embedding an identical staged loader that executes during a routine npm install. Together, these packages account for…
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Glassworm Malware Infects Popular React Native npm Packages
Tags: attack, country, credentials, cyber, international, malicious, malware, phone, supply-chain, windowsA new Glassworm-linked supply chain attack has briefly turned two popular React Native npm packages into delivery vehicles for Windows credential-stealing malware. On March 16, 2026, malicious versions of AstrOOnauta’s react-native-country-select@0.3.91 and react-native-international-phone-number@0.11.8 were published to npm, each embedding an identical staged loader that executes during a routine npm install. Together, these packages account for…
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Revealed: How HMRC has been quietly building surveillance capabilities
HMRC has bought phone scanning equipment and analysis software capable of extracting data from mobile devices as it steps up its electronic intelligence gathering capabilities, an investigation by Computer Weekly reveals First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366639490/Revealed-How-HMRC-has-been-quietly-building-surveillance-capabilities
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Revealed: How HMRC has been quietly building surveillance capabilities
HMRC has bought phone scanning equipment and analysis software capable of extracting data from mobile devices as it steps up its electronic intelligence gathering capabilities, an investigation by Computer Weekly reveals First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366639490/Revealed-How-HMRC-has-been-quietly-building-surveillance-capabilities
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875 Million Android Phones Face Risk Due to Hidden Chip Flaw
A MediaTek chip flaw could put up to 875 million Android phones at risk, exposing how a locked device can still be vulnerable below the surface. The post 875 Million Android Phones Face Risk Due to Hidden Chip Flaw appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-android-chip-flaw-875m/
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Fake rooms, props and a script to lure victims: inside an abandoned Cambodia scam centre
Sprawling compound, including mock-up banks and police offices, uncovered by Thai military during border clashesIt is as if you have walked into a branch of one of Vietnam’s banks. A row of customer service desks, divided by plastic screens, with landline phones, promotional leaflets and staff business cards. A seated waiting area and a private…
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New Critical MediaTek Vulnerability Exposes Android Phone PINs to Theft in 45 seconds
A newly discovered hardware vulnerability in the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset is putting millions of Android users at risk. By exploiting this flaw, physical attackers can bypass security layers to steal device PINs, decrypt storage, and extract cryptocurrency seed phrases in just 45 seconds. The vulnerability affects roughly 25% of the global Android market, causing…