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A recent Enea survey highlights a worrying trend in enterprise security: Following ChatGPT's launch, 76% of businesses are inadequately protected against rising AI-driven vishing and smishing threats. In this Help Net Security video, John Hughes, SVP, Head of Network Security Business Group at Enea, discusses how, despite advancements, most enterprises continue to incur losses due to mobile fraud, mainly through smishing and vishing.
Criminals are now texting T-Mobile and Verizon employees on their personal and work phones, trying to tempt them with cash to perform SIM swaps. The targeted employees have shared screenshots of messages offering $300 to those willing to aid the senders in their criminal endeavors.
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According to McAfee, apps, whether for communication, productivity, or gaming, are among the biggest threats to mobile security. Technavio expects the global mobile security software market to grow by $2.75 billion between 2020 and 2025, expanding at a CAGR of 9.68%. In this Help Net Security video, Michael Covington, VP of Portfolio Strategy at Jamf, discusses planning a mobile security strategy.
GSM Association's Fraud and Security Group has published the first version of a framework for describing, in a structured way, how adversaries attack and use mobile networks, based on the tactics, techniques and procedures that they use.The Mobile Threat Intelligence Framework is focused on mobile network-related attacks that are not already covered by existing public frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and MITRE FiGHT. In scope are 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, including all kind of telecommunication service enablers and future mobile technology evolutions.
When you think of virtual private networks, chances are pretty good your thoughts go to the tried and true VPNs of old, which made it possible for you to securely connect to your company network such that your local computer behaved as if it were within the company LAN. This concise guide, written by Jack Wallen for TechRepublic Premium, looks at something different - mobile VPNs and why you need them, how they work and what you should look for in a VPN service. You might be at home, or you might be working on a coffee shop wireless network.
The Mobile Security Framework is an open-source research platform for mobile application security, encompassing Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile. MobSF can be used for mobile app security assessment, penetration testing, malware analysis, and privacy evaluation.
Security researcher HaxRob discovered a previously unknown Linux backdoor named GTPDOOR, designed for covert operations within mobile carrier networks. The GRX is a component of mobile telecommunications that facilitates data roaming services across different geographical areas and networks.
Tens of thousands of U.S. customers from Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T are complaining Thursday morning about the lack of wireless service or interruptions to service. "The San Francisco Fire Department published a"cell phone service outage" announcement saying that "AT&T wireless customers can't make or receive any phone calls, although the 911 center is operational.
Tens of thousands of U.S. customers from Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T are complaining Thursday morning about the lack of wireless service or interruptions to service. According to data from problem tracking site Downdetector more than 73,000 AT&T customers from multiple states - including North Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, and Florida, reported a lack of service.