Soldiers sent hate-SMS messages from rogue base stations
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Russia-linked hackers impersonate NATO in attempt to hack Romanian government
An elite hacking group linked to the Russian government masqueraded as a NATO representative to send a barrage of phishing emails to diplomatic organizations in Europe, including Romania’s Foreign Ministry of Affairs, documents show. CyberScoop obtained a copy of one such phishing email that researchers have attributed to the hacking group, which is known as APT28 or Fancy Bear. The email, which carries a booby-trapped attachment that leverages two recently disclosed Microsoft Word vulnerabilities, shows that the government-backed hacking group effectively spoofed a NATO email address to make the message appear authentic. The hq.nato.intl domain is currently used by NATO employees. The file has already been submitted to Virus Total, a publicly maintained library of computer viruses. Typically files don’t appear on the site unless they have been found in the wild. An analyst from cybersecurity firm FireEye confirmed the phishing email pictured above is in fact authentic and related to APT28 activity. […]
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How to detect or check if one device is being used in Mac Address Spoofing attack?
How to detect or check if one device is being used in Mac Address Spoofing attack??
We already check the system… Malwarebytes, Windows AV Scans and nothing is detectec.. also there is any kind of compromised tool/app.
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DHS watchdog’s fraud hotline spoofed in ID theft scam
The inspector general’s office in the Department of Homeland Security is warning that identity thieves and fraudsters are spoofing caller ID systems to make it look as if victims are being called from the IG’s anonymous tipline. “The perpetrators of the scam represent themselves as employees with ‘U.S. Immigration,’” the office states in a press release circulated Wednesday, and “demand to obtain or verify personally identifiable information from their victims through various tactics, including by telling individuals that they are the victims of identity theft.” “Many of the scammers reportedly have pronounced accents,” states the press release. The office said it wanted to remind the public that it “never uses its hotline number to make outgoing calls — the phone line is only used to receive information from the public.” The hotline remains “perfectly safe” for reporting “fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement within DHS components or programs,” the statement concludes. The office […]
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DHS watchdog’s fraud hotline spoofed in ID theft scam
The inspector general’s office in the Department of Homeland Security is warning that identity thieves and fraudsters are spoofing caller ID systems to make it look as if victims are being called from the IG’s anonymous tipline. “The perpetrators of the scam represent themselves as employees with ‘U.S. Immigration,’” the office states in a press release circulated Wednesday, and “demand to obtain or verify personally identifiable information from their victims through various tactics, including by telling individuals that they are the victims of identity theft.” “Many of the scammers reportedly have pronounced accents,” states the press release. The office said it wanted to remind the public that it “never uses its hotline number to make outgoing calls — the phone line is only used to receive information from the public.” The hotline remains “perfectly safe” for reporting “fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement within DHS components or programs,” the statement concludes. The office […]
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Is DHCP spoofing ever possible on VMware?
So I’ve just watched this Defcon video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaA5dEIqzzQ&t=1583s.
Apparently they were able to set up a rouge DHCP server and get a 50/50 chance of sending the victim the DHCP offer before the le… Continue reading Is DHCP spoofing ever possible on VMware?
Clicking a spoofed message customised to receivers id from Android
Last night my friend’s Skype account(which he stopped using 3 years ago) sent all of his contacts a web spoofed message in the following format
www.google.com/something/something/… id= with the receivers ID appended.
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How would someone be able to call (or spoof) from a phone number they do not own
I recently got a call from a lady who claimed I called her and demanded her credit card information and that she owed me money. I did not make the call, but I did verify that on her phone my number did appear to make the call… Continue reading How would someone be able to call (or spoof) from a phone number they do not own
Acoustic Attack Against Accelerometers
Interesting acoustic attack against the MEMS accelerometers in devices like FitBits. Millions of accelerometers reside inside smartphones, automobiles, medical devices, anti-theft devices, drones, IoT devices, and many other industrial and consumer applications. Our work investigates how analog acoustic injection attacks can damage the digital integrity of the capacitive MEMS accelerometer. Spoofing such sensors with intentional acoustic interference enables an out-of-spec… Continue reading Acoustic Attack Against Accelerometers
Protecting QR Code, Eddystone and NFC against spoofing
Let’s say I have the following scenario. I have QR Code, Eddystone and/or NFC which contains IP address, with which, my client side application communicates. Let’s say this IP address can vary from user to user (or let’s say … Continue reading Protecting QR Code, Eddystone and NFC against spoofing