Mobile Security - Security Boulevard https://securityboulevard.com/category/blogs/mobile-security/ The Home of the Security Bloggers Network Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:23:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://securityboulevard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/android-chrome-256x256-1-32x32.png Mobile Security - Security Boulevard https://securityboulevard.com/category/blogs/mobile-security/ 32 32 133346385 Facebook Whistleblower Fears Election Abuse https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/facebook-whistleblower-fears-election-abuse/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:23:54 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028890 Frances Haugen, who famously blew the whistle on Facebook and its susceptibility to manipulation, has renewed concerns over the social-networking company. This time, she’s laser-focused on misinformation during the 2024 presidential election. “We are in a new, very nebulous era where we need to think more holistically and creatively” in defending cyberdefenses, Haugen said in..

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Event Logging Key to Detecting LOTL Attacks, Security Agencies Say https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/event-logging-key-to-detecting-lotl-attacks-security-agencies-say/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 03:37:12 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028835 event logging, CISA, living off the land

A report by CISA, the FBI, the NSA, and international agencies lay out the argument that event logging tools help enterprises better detect attacks that rely on LOTL techniques used by threat groups to evade security protections during an attack.

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Audit: FBI is Losing Track of Storage Devices Holding Sensitive Data https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/audit-fbi-is-losing-track-of-storage-devices-holding-sensitive-data/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:58:52 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028784 FBI data storage devices

DOJ inspectors have found the FBI is not labeling hard drives and other storage devices holding sensitive that are slated for destruction, making them hard to track, and that boxes of them can sit in a poorly secured facility for months.

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Backdoor in RFID Cards for Offices, Hotels Can Lead to Instant Cloning https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/backdoor-in-rfid-cards-for-offices-hotels-can-lead-to-instant-cloning/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:47:52 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028500 backdoor RFID contactless card

A backdoor found in millions of Chinese-made RFID cards that are used by hotels and other businesses around the world can let bad actors instantly clone the cards to gain unauthorized access into rooms or run supply chain attacks, say researchers with Paris-based Quarkslab.

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Mandatory MFA is Coming to Microsoft Azure https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/mandatory-mfa-is-coming-to-microsoft-azure/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:38:21 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028096 Microsoft Google 2FA MFA Azure

Microsoft is making MFA mandatory for signing into Azure accounts, the latest step in the IT vendor's Secure Future Initiative that it expanded in May in the wake of two embarrassing breaches by Russian and Chinese threat groups.

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ReliaQuest: Watch Out for Info-Stealers and RATs https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/reliaquest-watch-out-for-info-stealers-and-rats/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:53:41 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027880 infostealer RATs Reliaquest

ReliaQuest ranked LummaC2 and SocGholish among the top malware seen in Q2 and rounded out the top five list with AsyncRat, Oyster, and the growing numbers of info-stealers that were built using the Rust programming language.

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Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: AG Sues GM for $18 BILLION https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/texas-sues-gm-privacy-richixbw/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:41:35 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027824 DonkeyHotey (cc:by-sa)

KP♡TX PII: “General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ pri­vacy … in unthinkable ways,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured).

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Google: Iranian Group APT42 Behind Trump, Biden Hack Attempts https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/google-iranian-group-apt42-behind-trump-biden-hack-attempts/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:59:45 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027787 U.S. Election Meddling Iran Biden Trump

Google cybersecurity researchers confirm that the Iranian-sponsored APT42 threat group is being ongoing phishing campaigns against President Biden, Vice President Harris, and ex-President Trump in an attempt to influence the upcoming presidential elections.

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Hackers Use BingoMod Android RAT For Fraudulent Transactions https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/hackers-use-bingomod-android-rat-for-fraudulent-transactions/ https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/hackers-use-bingomod-android-rat-for-fraudulent-transactions/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 07:00:56 +0000 https://tuxcare.com/?p=18912 Recent media reports have cited cybersecurity researchers discovering a new Android remote access trojan (RAT) that’s currently referred to as BingoMod. The BingoMod Android RAT is capable of transferring funds from compromised devices and erasing its traces of existence. In this article, we’ll dig into the details of the Android RAT and uncover how an […]

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August Patch Pileup: Microsoft’s Zero-Day Doozy Dump https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/august-2024-patch-tuesday-richixbw/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:32:13 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027632 The word “Tuesday” in cutout paper letters on a textured background

See These CVEs: Patch Tuesday—ten zero-days, seven Critical vulns, zero time to waste.

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