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Phone Phishing Attack Hits US
News Criminals have launched a blended attack which attempts to lure users to a malicious Web site via text message. IT managers have been warned to alert their staff to the attack, which uses social engineering techniques to try to trick users to the...
[June 23, 2006, 17:05]
Mobile Phone Vulnerable To DoS Attack
News US-based security company @stake has released a security advisory detailing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the Nokia 6210 GSM mobile phone, and although the flaw isn't serious it could be a sign of worse things to come.
[February 26, 2003, 13:23]
Bluetooth Phones At Risk From 'snarfing'
News A security flaw has been discovered in Bluetooth that lets an attacker download all contact details along with other information from a vulnerable phone, while leaving no trace of the attack. On some models of phone, you are only vulnerable to...
[February 9, 2004, 13:15]
Mobile Java Hit With Security Scare
News He figured out how to attack a Nokia 6310i mobile phone, but the effort took four months, he said in a Friday posting to the BugTraq vulnerability mailing list. He's not aware of a way to automate an attack.
[October 25, 2004, 15:55]
Bluesnarfing Tools 'spreading Quickly'
News An MP has called for mobile phone manufacturers to make a greater effort and fix the Bluetooth security problems in their handsets after a researcher revealed that software tools enabling a bluesnarf attack are widely available on the Internet.
[February 16, 2004, 12:30]
McBride Denied Telephone Service
News While SCO's technical staff worked at dodging MyDoom's assault on the company's Web site, their chief executive officer, Darl McBride, was experiencing a denial of service attack at a much closer range.
[February 4, 2004, 7:55]
Nokia Admits Multiple Bluetooth Security Holes
News Following networking and security firm AL Digital's revelation that at least ten handsets from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Ericsson were vulnerable to a bluesnarfing attack, a Nokia spokesperson told ZDNet UK that the company is aware of "security...
[February 9, 2004, 16:50]
Tackling VoIP Security Concerns
News An attack could take down the network (and thus the company's phone service) for hours or days, and the content of calls intercepted, divulging trade secrets, confidential client information and more.
[September 27, 2006, 15:10]
Russian Spammer Found Dead
News In July 2003, Russia's deputy communications minister, Andrei Korotkov, became so incensed about the volumes of spam he was receiving he instigated a DoS attack against the school's phone system. As such it is too early to say whether the attack...
[July 26, 2005, 18:05]
Nokia Releases 'invisible' Bluetooth Security Fix
News He said a potential victim would need to have a vulnerable phone with Bluetooth switched to visible; then they would have to be in close proximity to the attacker; and finally, the bluesnarfer would need some reason to attack their particular phone.
[July 22, 2004, 14:35]
BT Denies Routers Still Vulnerable To Months-old Hack
News This is what the attack looks like: the victim's VoIP telephone starts ringing and shows an external call message on the LCD screen along with the recipient's phone number. Therefore, the attack, although based on CSRF and authentication-bypass...
[January 22, 2008, 12:23]
Jericho Forum Voices Concerns Over VoIP Security
News She argued that the phone will ring when the attack starts, and that the call information window will indicate that a call is going on. After the messages are sent, the device is not able to hang up, offering attackers the possibility of executing...
[August 29, 2007, 14:31]
Handhelds: More Social, Less Secure
News While the attack showed the possibilities for spreading viruses to Internet-connected devices, currently only a fraction of handheld and cell phone users are online, making the synchronisation process the most likely avenue for the spread of...
[August 30, 2000, 13:26]
Symantec Warns Users Over Bluetooth Security
News Any potentially valuable information stored on a phone, such as address books, calendars, email and text messages, are at risk in a bluesnarfing attack," Ooi said. There are many other methods that [launch] a variety of denial-of-service attacks...
[September 21, 2007, 9:52]
Hilton Hacker Sent Down
News In June, a second phone company became a victim to the juvenile's attack, according to the US Attorney's statement. A phone that had been activated fraudulently was disabled, and the teen retaliated with a denial-of-service attack on the company's...
[September 15, 2005, 9:25]
Online Florist Divulges Customer Details
News Most people who have used the Web could do the attack. Anyone who has read 'HTML for Dummies' has the prerequisites for this attack," Quakenbush said. The security problem exposed customer billing records, including name, address and phone number...
[February 14, 2003, 13:50]
Smartphone Users 'aware Of The Growing Threat'
News Over the last year, a number of threats designed specifically to attack smartphones have emerged, including the Cabir virus, which targets handsets running on Symbian operating system software. But in light of the fact that Cabir and other mobile...
[April 29, 2005, 9:15]
Asterisk VoIP Flaw Patched
News Additionally, those being used to perpetrate the attack may experience reduced quality of service. An attack would cripple an organisations' ability to do business," said Alain Sergile, technical product manager for X-Force, the vulnerability...
[July 18, 2006, 17:45]
Wired For Security
News A: Well, in the first quarter this year, we saw more attacks than all of 2003, and 2003 was the largest attack year in our history. So we are seeing the hackers become much more aware of how they can make their attacks more effective, using...
[September 16, 2004, 15:40]
News Roundup: Attack On America
News Thursday 13th September Several Web sites are helping people donate money to the victims of Tuesday's attack, boosting online donations to their highest ever level Online businesses feel impact of attack
[September 12, 2001, 13:10]
