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Mobile security matters: Protecting your phone from text scams

Webroot

Photo credit: TextMagic Mobile security checklist Most of us use our phones for everything – banking, shopping, messaging, and storing personal information. Here are some tips to help you strengthen your mobile security against text scams and other types of fraud. Always take a moment to think critically before acting.

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Attackers exploited SonicWall SMA appliances since January 2025

Security Affairs

Threat actors are actively exploiting a remote code execution flaw in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances since January 2025. Arctic Wolf researchers warn that threat actors actively exploit a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20035 (CVSS score of 7.1), in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) since at least January 2025.

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SonicWall Patches 3 Flaws in SMA 100 Devices Allowing Attackers to Run Code as Root

The Hacker News

SonicWall has released patches to address three security flaws affecting SMA 100 Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances that could be fashioned to result in remote code execution.

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Cell Phone Location Privacy

Schneier on Security

We all know that our cell phones constantly give our location away to our mobile network operators; that’s how they work. The players are the user, a traditional mobile network operator (MNO) like AT&T or Verizon, and a new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). A group of researchers has figured out a way to fix that.

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Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

Krebs on Security

technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass , MailChimp , Okta , T-Mobile and Twilio. The targeted SMS scams asked employees to click a link and log in at a website that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Image: Amitai Cohen twitter.com/amitaico.

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FBI, CISA Echo Warnings on ‘Vishing’ Threat

Krebs on Security

The advisory came less than 24 hours after KrebsOnSecurity published an in-depth look at a crime group offering a service that people can hire to steal VPN credentials and other sensitive data from employees working remotely during the Coronavirus pandemic. authenticate the phone call before sensitive information can be discussed.

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Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs

Krebs on Security

But one increasingly brazen group of crooks is taking your standard phishing attack to the next level, marketing a voice phishing service that uses a combination of one-on-one phone calls and custom phishing sites to steal VPN credentials from employees. Most targeted employees are working from home or can be reached on a mobile device.

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