Attackers place malicious QR codes in high-traffic areas, often disguised as legitimate promotional materials or utility services. Physical mail containing QR codes purporting to be from legitimate services, particularly effective for package delivery and financial service scams. While QR codes represent a small percentage, their unique evasion capabilities and growing adoption rates make them vectors with huge latent potential.
India's government has denied that it is working on rules that would require smartphone manufacturers to provide access to their source code. A Sunday report by Reuters claimed that India has circulated a package of 83 security standards, among them requirements to share smartphone source code and another requiring developers to give India's government advance of major software updates. The report claims that Apple and Samsung have opposed the plan.
"Spoofed/ Tampered IMEIs in telecom network leads to situation where same IMEI is working in different devices at different places simultaneously and pose challenges in action against such IMEIs," according to the announcement. "India has [a] big second-hand mobile device market. Cases have also been observed where stolen or blacklisted devices are being re-sold. It makes the purchaser abettor in crime and causes financial loss to them.
These cybercriminals are no longer content with just sending you the odd phishing text or two. As Wired reports, more and more of them are using so-called "SMS blasters" that basically act as a portable cell tower, tricking your phones into connecting with them as they cruise by. The scammers walk or drive around with the devices, firing out a ludicrous volume of SMS messages that contain dangerous links.
The answer? Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE). Meet MIE MIE was not developed to fight against low-hanging fruit -- the kinds of opportunistic cyberattackers who develop basic malware and rely on human error, phishing, and fraud to compromise a system. Instead, the memory safety feature aims to break complex, expensive, and targeted attack chains connected with state-sponsored threat actors and top-tier spyware developers.
Forgotten PIN, Password, or Pattern is a common cause of being locked out of Samsung devices, especially if they have not been used recently.
AT&T's new Account Lock feature protects wireless users against unauthorized account changes, including phone number transfers and SIM card changes, significantly reducing the risk of SIM swapping attacks.
