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T-Mobile hacker gets 10 years for $25 million phone unlock scheme
2022-12-18 15:03

Argishti Khudaverdyan, the former owner of a T-Mobile retail store, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a $25 million scheme where he unlocked and unblocked cellphones by hacking into T-Mobile's internal systems. "Removing the unlock allowed the phones to be sold on the black market and enabled T-Mobile customers to stop using T-Mobile's services and thereby deprive T-Mobile of revenue generated from customers' service contracts and equipment installment plans."

Vulnerability with public PoC affects Cisco IP phones, fix unavailable (CVE-2022-20968)
2022-12-12 10:10

A high-risk stack overflow vulnerability may allow attackers to DoS or possibly even execute code remotely on Cisco 7800 and 8800 Series IP phones, the company has confirmed. Cisco's PSIRT is also aware that proof-of-concept exploit code is available for the vulnerability and that the flaw has been publicly discussed, but they are not aware of active attacks exploiting it.

Cisco Warns of High-Severity Unpatched Flaw Affecting IP Phones Firmware
2022-12-10 05:52

Cisco has released a new security advisory warning of a high-severity flaw affecting IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series firmware that could be potentially exploited by a remote attacker to cause remote code execution or a denial-of-service condition. The networking equipment major said it's working on a patch to address the vulnerability, which is tracked as CVE-2022-20968 and stems from a case of insufficient input validation of received Cisco Discovery Protocol packets.

Cisco discloses high-severity IP phone zero-day with exploit code
2022-12-08 19:24

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Cisco discloses high-severity IP phone bug with exploit code
2022-12-08 19:24

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New Windows malware also steals data from victims’ mobile phones
2022-11-30 20:51

According to research from cybersecurity company ESET, the APT 37 threat group used the newly discovered malware against very specific entities. The researchers say that the hackers delivered their commands to Dolphin by uploading them on Google Drive.

New Windows malware scans victims’ mobile phones for data to steal
2022-11-30 20:51

Security researchers found a previously unknown backdoor they call Dophin that's been used by North Korean hackers in highly targeted operations for more than a year to steal files and send them to Google Drive storage. According to research from cybersecurity company ESET, the APT 37 threat group used the newly discovered malware against very specific entities.

U.K. Police Arrest 142 in Global Crackdown on 'iSpoof' Phone Spoofing Service
2022-11-25 06:06

A coordinated law enforcement effort has dismantled an online phone number spoofing service called iSpoof and arrested 142 individuals linked to the operation. Worldwide losses exceeded €115 million, with over 200,000 potential victims believed to have been directly targeted through iSpoof in the U.K. alone, the Metropolitan Police noted.

Android phone owner accidentally finds a way to bypass lock screen
2022-11-12 15:07

Cybersecurity researcher David Schütz accidentally found a way to bypass the lock screen on his fully patched Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 5 smartphones, enabling anyone with physical access to the device to unlock it. Exploiting the vulnerability to bypass the lock screen on Android phones is a simple five-step process that wouldn't take more than a few minutes.

Hacker Rewarded $70,000 for Finding Way to Bypass Google Pixel Phones' Lock Screens
2022-11-10 15:07

Google has resolved a high-severity security issue affecting all Pixel smartphones that could be trivially exploited to unlock the devices. "The issue allowed an attacker with physical access to bypass the lock screen protections and gain complete access to the user's device," Schütz, who was awarded $70,000 for the lock screen bypass, said in a write-up of the flaw.