Security News

Cisco scores a perfect CVSS 10 with critical flaw in its wireless system
2024-11-07 11:48

Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul doesn't live up to its name Cisco is issuing a critical alert notice about a flaw that makes its so-called Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul systems easy to subvert.…

Critical vulnerability in Cisco industrial wireless access points fixed (CVE-2024-20418)
2024-11-07 09:28

Cisco has fixed a critical command injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-20418) affecting its Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) Access Points that can be exploited via a HTTP requests and allows...

Cisco Releases Patch for Critical URWB Vulnerability in Industrial Wireless Systems
2024-11-07 09:08

Cisco has released security updates to address a maximum severity security flaw impacting Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) Access Points that could permit unauthenticated, remote attackers...

The 5 Best VoIP Routers (Wired, Wireless, and Mesh)
2024-09-30 22:27

Discover the best VoIP routers for businesses in 2024. Easily compare range, transfer rates, connectivity types, price, and more.

Hacking Wireless Bicycle Shifters
2024-08-20 11:08

This is yet another insecure Internet-of-things story, this one about wireless gear shifters for bicycles. These gear shifters are used in big-money professional bicycle races like the Tour de...

AT&T Confirms Data Breach Affecting Nearly All Wireless Customers
2024-07-13 05:51

American telecom service provider AT&T has confirmed that threat actors managed to access data belonging to "Nearly all" of its wireless customers as well as customers of mobile virtual network operators using AT&T's wireless network. This comprises telephone numbers with which an AT&T or MVNO wireless number interacted - including telephone numbers of AT&T landline customers and customers of other carriers, counts of those interactions, and aggregate call duration for a day or month.

Privacy Implications of Tracking Wireless Access Points
2024-05-29 11:01

Abstract: Wi-Fi-based Positioning Systems are used by modern mobile devices to learn their position using nearby Wi-Fi access points as landmarks. The privacy implications of such massive datasets become more stark when taken longitudinally, allowing the attacker to track devices' movements.

FCC fines major wireless carriers over illegal location data sharing
2024-04-30 12:56

The Federal Communications Commission fined the nation's largest wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers' location information without consent and without taking reasonable measures to protect that information against unauthorized disclosure. Wireless carriers shared access to customers' location data.

VoltSchemer attacks use wireless chargers to inject voice commands, fry phones
2024-02-20 20:38

A team of academic researchers show that a new set of attacks called 'VoltSchemer' can inject voice commands to manipulate a smartphone's voice assistant through the magnetic field emitted by an off-the-shelf wireless charger. To demonstrate the attack, the researchers carried out tests on nine top-selling wireless chargers available worldwide, highlighting gaps in the security of these products.

Future of wireless technology: Key predictions for 2024
2023-12-22 05:00

Wi-Fi technology continues to evolve in ways that anticipate the needs of consumers, businesses, enterprise verticals, smart cities, and service providers, according to the Wireless Broadband Alliance. Fibre broadband deployments will continue to expand in most developed and developing markets, creating a need for an upgrade of home Wi-Fi networks to pass on the increased bandwidth to the device, which will drive the rapid adoption of Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7.