Mobile Security

SLAP/FLOP: Apple Silicon’s ‘Son of Spectre’ Critical Flaws
Richi Jennings | | Apple, apple bug, Apple Data Security, Apple Silicon, ARM, Arm CPU Attack, arm64, Daniel Genkin, FLOP, iPad, iPhone, Jalen Chuang, Jason Kim, Mac, SB Blogwatch, Side-Channel, side-channel attack, side-channel attacks, SLAP, Spectre, Spectre attack, Spectre variant, speculative execution, Yuval Yarom
Watch this: Want more “speculative execution” bugs? You’re gonna be in a great mood all day ...
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Devil-Traff: A New Bulk SMS Platform Driving Phishing Campaigns
Daniel Kelley | | Mobile, Mobile Phishing, Mobile Phishing Protection, Phishing, Phishing Attacks, smishing, social engineering
Employees in most organizations receive countless communications daily—emails, Slack messages, or ticket updates, for example. Hidden among these routine interactions are phishing scams designed to exploit trust and compromise security. Imagine an ...

Hackers Use Malicious PDFs, pose as USPS in Mobile Phishing Scam
A large-scale phishing campaign is using PDF files and hidden malicious links, as well as posing at the U.S. Postal Service, in phishing campaign targeting mobile device users in hope that victims ...
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GhostGPT: A Malicious AI Chatbot for Hackers
A malicious generative AI chatbot dubbed "GhostGPT" is being advertised to cybercriminals on underground forums as a tool for more quickly and efficiently creating malware, running BEC attacks, and other nefarious activities, ...
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Trump U-Turn: TikTok’s On-Again/Off-Again U.S. Ban
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, china, chinese government, disinformation, Donald Trump, Misinformation, online disinformation, President Donald Trump, president trump, Privacy, Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, SB Blogwatch, Social disinformation, social media, socialmedia, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Trump, Won’t somebody think of the children?
Not For You: “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” shouldn’t be enforced, orders President Trump ...
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Almost 10% of GenAI Prompts Include Sensitive Data: Study
A study by cybersecurity startup Harmonic Security found that 8.5% of prompts entered into generative AI models like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini last year included sensitive information, putting personal and corporate data ...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Politics of Biden’s Cybersecurity Order
Jeffrey Burt | | AI Security, Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy, Donald Trump, foreign threat actors, secure software supply chain
President Biden in the last few days of his administration issued an expansive cybersecurity EO that touched on issues like software supply chain, AI, and foreign adversaries. Many approved of the effort, ...
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This is HUGE: Biden’s Cybersecurity Exec. Order — Big Parting Gift to Trump
Richi Jennings | | Biden, Biden administration, Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy, Biden-Harris, china, China-linked Hackers, China-nexus cyber attacks, executive order cybersecurity, executive order on cybersecurity, Federal Government, Joe Biden, Peoples Republic of China, President Biden, president cybersecurity executive order, presidential executive order cybersecurity, SB Blogwatch, US Federal Government, White House, white house executive order cybersecurity framework
Wow. Just Wow: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. hits the emergency “do something” button ...
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Allstate Violates Drivers’ Privacy, Texas AG Alleges
Richi Jennings | | Allstate, android spyware, Arity, automaker, Car, cars, cellular IoT, cellular IoT security, Chrysler, Connected Cars, Consumer IoT, Dodge, Fiat, Fuel Rewards, GasBuddy, insurance, Insurance Companies, insurance company, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iOS spyware, iot, Jeep, Lexus, Life360, Maserati, Mazda, Mozilla, Mozilla Foundation, New Cars, Privacy, Privacy4Cars, ram, Routely, SB Blogwatch, spyware, Stellantis, Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, Toyota, vehicle, vehicle cybersecurity, vehicle OTAs
Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: “We will hold all these companies accountable,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured) ...
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FunkSec: A New Ransomware Group Buoyed by AI
A new ransomware group called FunkSec claimed 85 victims in December but its members appear to be lesser-skilled hackers using generative AI and inflated attack numbers to bolster their capabilities and reputation, ...
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