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Apple Just Fixed iPhone-to-Android Texting — But There’s a Catch

Apple Finally Fixes One of Texting’s Biggest Security Problems

| | android, Apple, Blue Bubbles, Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, EFF, end-to-end encryption, Episodes, google, Green Bubbles, iPhone, Messaging Security, Mobile Privacy, Podcast, Privacy, RCS, signal, SMS, surveillance, Weekly Edition
Apple and Google are finally bringing end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging to iPhone and Android chats. In this episode, Tom Eston and Kevin Tackett explain why that matters, why insecure SMS is not ...
Shared Security Podcast
Fake CAPTCHA scam turns a quick click into a costly phone bill

Fake CAPTCHA scam turns a quick click into a costly phone bill

| | CAPTCHA, IRSF, SBN News, Scams, SMS
Scammers are using fake CAPTCHA pages to rack up international SMS charges on victims’ phone bills, and then take a cut ...
Malwarebytes
Evolution of Spear Phishing Tactics

Five Ways Spear Phishing Tactics are Evolving in 2025

| | deepfake, Lazarus attackers, linkedin, Microsoft Teams, Operation Dream Job, PHaaS, Phishing, Phishing as a Service, QR code, smishing, SMS, spear-phishing, WhatsAoo
What type of phishing became very effective around 2010 and still worries security teams today? Spear phishing. Spear phishing remains  highly effective and is getting more dangerous by the day. What is ...
SlashNext
Evolution of Spear Phishing Tactics

Five Ways Spear Phishing Tactics are Evolving in 2025

| | deepfake, Lazarus attackers, linkedin, Microsoft Teams, Operation Dream Job, PHaaS, Phishing, Phishing as a Service, QR code, smishing, SMS, spear-phishing, WhatsAoo
What type of phishing became very effective around 2010 and still worries security teams today? Spear phishing. Spear phishing remains  highly effective and is getting more dangerous by the day. What is ...
SlashNext
A green bubble icon

E2EE is MIA in iPhone/Android Chat — GSMA Gonna Fix it

| | android, Apple, Apple iOS, Apple iPhone, china, E2EE, end-to-end, end-to-end encryption, google, Great Firewall of China, GSMA, iChat, imessage, ios, iOS 18, iPhone, iphone security, MLS, RCS, RCS protocol, SB Blogwatch, SMS, SMS messages
No More Barf-Green Bubbles? GSM Association is “excited” to bring Apple and Google closer together, but encryption is still lacking ...
Security Boulevard
Scary skeletons

Telegram Privacy Nightmare: Don’t Opt In to P2PL

| | 2-step verification, 2fa, 2FA apps, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA/MFA, Access control and Identity Management, Cloud MFA, digital identity verification, iam, ID verification, MFA, , mfasecurity, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), P2P, SB Blogwatch, SMS, SMS messages, SMS Toll Fraud, Telegram, Telegram app, two-factor-authentication.2fa, Verify 2FA
Scary SMS shenanigans: Avoid Telegram’s new “Peer-To-Peer Login” program if you value your privacy or your cellular service ...
Security Boulevard
android, malware, Zimperium, Android, Rafel RAT ransomware

Phishing Threats Rise as Malicious Actors Target Messaging Platforms

| | attack vector, identity, Malware, messaging, Phishing, smishing, SMS, Telegram
As messaging apps like Telegram gain popularity, cybercriminals are increasingly finding they are an attractive vector for phishing attacks ...
Security Boulevard
Apple Finally Adopts RCS, AI Powered Scams Targeting the Elderly

Apple Finally Adopts RCS, AI Powered Scams Targeting the Elderly

| | AI, AI-Powered, android, Apple, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Elderly, Episodes, Fraud, google, imessage, Information Security, Infosec, MMS, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, RCS, Rich Communication Services, Scams, security, Seniors, SMS, social engineering, technology, Voice Cloning, Weekly Edition
In this episode, Tom shows off AI generated images of a “Lonely and Sad Security Awareness Manager in a Dog Pound” and the humorous outcomes. The conversation shifts to Apple’s upcoming support ...
Shared Security Podcast
A blown out picture of FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel

FCC’s Got New Rules for SIM-Swap and Port-Out Fraud

| | 2 factor, 2 factor auth, 2-factor authentication, 2FA apps, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA phishing, 2FA policies, 2FA/MFA, Cloud MFA, DUAL FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, fcc, FCC Failures, FCC Follies, hacking two factor, Jessica Rosenworcel, MFA, MFA hacks, mfasecurity, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), number port-out fraud, number port-out scams, Number Portability Administration Center, port-out scams, SB Blogwatch, SIM swap, sim swap fraud, SIM swap scams, SIM swapping, SMS, SMS messages, SMS phishing, sms scam, SMS scams, smshing, two-factor-authentication.2fa
Too many times: Federal Communications Commission shuts stable door after horse bolted. But chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (pictured) was hoping it would save us ...
Security Boulevard
app, sideloading, MDM, Apple, IoS, SEC SIM swap X account

Addressing the Mobile Malware Threat With Zero-Trust

| | endpoint, Malware, MDM, Mobile, Mobile Security, Phishing, SMS
AI-enabled zero-trust solutions can help address the rising threat of mobile malware ...
Security Boulevard
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