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Feds investigate China's Salt Typhoon amid campaign phone hacks
2024-10-28 20:00

'They're taunting us,' investigator says and it looks like it's working The feds are investigating Chinese government-linked cyberspies breaking into the infrastructure of US telecom companies, as...

Voice-enabled AI agents can automate everything, even your phone scams
2024-10-24 06:30

All for the low, low price of a mere dollar Scammers, rejoice. OpenAI's real-time voice API can be used to build AI agents capable of conducting successful phone call scams for less than a dollar.…

Samsung phone users under attack, Google warns
2024-10-24 00:16

Don't ignore this nasty zero day exploit says TAG A nasty bug in Samsung's mobile chips is being exploited by miscreants as part of an exploit chain to escalate privileges and then remotely...

The billionaire behind Trump's 'unhackable' phone is on a mission to fight Tesla's FSD
2024-10-21 19:30

Dan O'Dowd tells El Reg about the OS secrets and ongoing clash with Musk Interview This month, presidential hopeful Donald Trump got a tool in his arsenal, some allegedly "unhackable"...

Trump campaign arms up with 'unhackable' phones after Iranian intrusion
2024-10-14 14:28

Florida man gets his hands on 'the best ever' With less than a month to go before American voters head to the polls to choose their next president, the Trump campaign has been investing in secure...

Telegram will share IP addresses, phone numbers of criminal suspects with cops
2024-09-24 09:51

Telegram will start handing over the IP addresses and phone numbers of users who violate their Terms of Service “to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests”, Telegram founder and...

Telegram will now hand over IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects to cops
2024-09-23 22:10

Maybe a spell in a French cell changed Durov's mind In a volte-face, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced that the made-in-Russia messaging platform will become a lot less cozy for criminals.…

Telegram now shares users’ IP and phone number on legal requests
2024-09-23 19:33

Telegram will now share users' phone numbers and IP addresses with law enforcement if they are found to be violating the platform's rules following a valid legal request. [...]

Police dismantles phone unlocking ring linked to 483,000 victims
2024-09-19 15:53

A joint law enforcement operation has dismantled an international criminal network that used the iServer automated phishing-as-a-service platform to unlock the stolen or lost mobile phones of...

Hello? Are you talking on a Cisco SPA300 or SPA500 IP phone? Now's the time to junk 'em
2024-08-09 00:30

A boffin from British defence contractor BAE has found three critical flaws in Cisco's Small Business SPA300 and SPA500 IP phones - and another couple of nasties - none of which will be fixed or mitigated. In an advisory published on Wednesday, Cisco explained the three most serious flaws - all rated CVSS 9.8 - affect the web-based management interface of the devices and could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain root privileges.