Latest SMS news

T-Mobile, Verizon workers get texts offering $300 for SIM swaps

Criminals are now texting T-Mobile and Verizon employees on their personal and work phones, trying to tempt them with cash to perform SIM swaps.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 16, 2024
- 07:01 PM
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Cisco Duo warns third-party data breach exposed SMS MFA logs

Cisco Duo's security team warns that hackers stole some customers' VoIP and SMS logs for multi-factor authentication (MFA) messages in a cyberattack on their telephony provider.
- Bill Toulas
- April 15, 2024
- 10:52 AM
- 0
FBI warns of massive wave of road toll SMS phishing attacks

On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned of a massive ongoing wave of SMS phishing attacks targeting Americans with lures regarding unpaid road toll fees.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 12, 2024
- 02:56 PM
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Google tests blocking side-loaded Android apps with risky permissions

Google has launched a new pilot program to fight financial fraud by blocking the sideloading of Android APK files that request access to risky permissions.
- Bill Toulas
- February 07, 2024
- 01:57 PM
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Payoneer accounts in Argentina hacked in 2FA bypass attacks

Numerous Payoneer users in Argentina report waking up to find that their 2FA-protected accounts were hacked and funds stolen after receiving SMS OTP codes while they were sleeping.
- Bill Toulas
- January 19, 2024
- 03:28 PM
- 0
UPS discloses data breach after exposed customer info used in SMS phishing

Multinational shipping company UPS is alerting Canadian customers that some of their personal information might have been exposed via its online package look-up tools and abused in phishing attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 21, 2023
- 01:43 PM
- 2
SMS delivery reports can be used to infer recipient's location

A team of university researchers has devised a new side-channel attack named 'Freaky Leaky SMS,' which relies on the timing of SMS delivery reports to deduce a recipient's location.
- Bill Toulas
- June 17, 2023
- 10:07 AM
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Trezor warns of massive crypto wallet phishing campaign

An ongoing phishing campaign is pretending to be Trezor data breach notifications attempting to steal a target's cryptocurrency wallet and its assets.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 01, 2023
- 06:14 PM
- 0
Malicious Android app found powering account creation service

A fake Android SMS application, with 100,000 downloads on the Google Play store, has been discovered to secretly act as an SMS relay for an account creation service for sites like Microsoft, Google, Instagram, Telegram, and Facebook
- Bill Toulas
- November 28, 2022
- 05:52 PM
- 0
Signal will remove support for SMS text messages on Android

Signal says it will start to phase out SMS and MMS message support from its Android app to streamline the user experience and prioritize security and privacy.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 12, 2022
- 02:10 PM
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Police arrest teen for using leaked Optus data to extort victims

The AFP (Australian Federal Police) have arrested a 19-year-old man in Sydney and charged him for allegedly using leaked Optus customer data for extortion.
- Bill Toulas
- October 06, 2022
- 02:44 AM
- 2
IRS warns Americans of massive rise in SMS phishing attacks

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) warned Americans of an exponential rise in IRS-themed text message phishing attacks trying to steal their financial and personal information in the last few weeks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 28, 2022
- 04:00 PM
- 0
Okta one-time MFA passcodes exposed in Twilio cyberattack

The threat actor behind the Twilio hack used their access to steal one-time passwords (OTPs) delivered over SMS to from customers of Okta identity and access management company.
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 28, 2022
- 01:15 PM
- 0
US govt warns Americans of escalating SMS phishing attacks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) warned Americans of an increasing wave of SMS (Short Message Service) phishing attacks attempting to steal their personal information and money.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 29, 2022
- 11:21 AM
- 0
SMSFactory Android malware sneakily subscribes to premium services

Security researchers are warning of an Android malware named SMSFactory that adds unwanted costs to the phone bill by subscribing victims to premium services.
- Bill Toulas
- June 04, 2022
- 10:08 AM
- 0
FluBot Android malware targets Finland in new SMS campaigns

Finland's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC-FI) has issued a warning about the FluBot Android malware infections increasing due to a new campaign that relies on SMS and MMS for distribution.
- Bill Toulas
- May 10, 2022
- 01:19 PM
- 0
T-Mobile customers warned of unblockable SMS phishing attacks

An ongoing phishing campaign targets T-Mobile customers with malicious links using unblockable texts sent via SMS (Short Message Service) group messages.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 15, 2022
- 02:14 PM
- 2
Newly found Android malware records audio, tracks your location

A previously unknown Android malware uses the same shared-hosting infrastructure previously seen used by the Russian APT group known as Turla, though attribution to the hacking group not possible.
- Bill Toulas
- April 01, 2022
- 03:41 PM
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UK’s Cyber Security Center publishes new guidance to fight smishing

UK's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has published new guidance for organizations to follow when communicating with customers via SMS or phone calls.
- Bill Toulas
- January 19, 2022
- 11:44 AM
- 0
Finland warns of Flubot malware heavily targeting Android users

Finland's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-FI) has issued a "severe alert" to warn of a massive campaign targeting the country's Android users with Flubot banking malware pushed via text messages sent from compromised devices.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 30, 2021
- 03:06 PM
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