Collaborate Disseminate
Until now, I’m sure you all might have heard of the SimJacker vulnerability disclosed exactly a month ago that affects a wide range of SIM cards and can remotely be exploited to hack into any mobile phone just by sending a specially crafted binary SMS…. Continue reading SIM Cards in 29 Countries Vulnerable to Remote Simjacker Attacks
Remember the Simjacker vulnerability?
Earlier this month, we reported about a critical unpatched weakness in a wide range of SIM cards, which an unnamed surveillance company has actively been exploiting in the wild to remotely compromise targeted mobi… Continue reading More SIM Cards Vulnerable to Simjacker Attack Than Previously Disclosed
Researchers have found a nasty new flaw in 1B+ mobile-phone SIM cards.
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Threatpost editors Tara Seals and Lindsey O’Donnell talk about the top news stories of the week – from leaky databases to SIM card attacks. Continue reading News Wrap: IoT Radio Telnet Backdoor And ‘SimJacker’ Active Exploit
A vulnerability in smartphone technology has made it possible for outsiders to conduct targeted surveillance against victims for the past two years, according to new security findings. Researchers from AdaptiveMobile Security said Thursday they found an SMS-based hacking technique that actively is being exploited by a spyware vendor to track individual phone users. The company did not disclose who is behind the surveillance or the identities of the victims. Researchers warned that the attack, dubbed “Simjacker,” has ramifications for more than 1 billion mobile phones worldwide. By relying on malicious text messages, hackers infect target phones to retrieve location information and other data. The attack leverages SIM cards, a circuit that stores customers’ international mobile subscriber information in a way that isn’t restricted to a single phone platform. “This is potentially the most sophisticated attack ever seen over core mobile networks,” Cathal Mc Daid, AdaptiveMobile Security’s chief technology officer, said in a […]
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Cybersecurity researchers today revealed the existence of a new and previously undetected critical vulnerability in SIM cards that could allow remote attackers to compromise targeted mobile phones and spy on victims just by sending an SMS.
Dubbed “Sim… Continue reading New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS
More than one billion mobile users are at risk from a SIM card flaw being currently exploited by threat actors, researchers warn. Continue reading 1B Mobile Users Vulnerable to Ongoing ‘SimJacker’ Surveillance Attack