Mobile News Google Adds New Pixel Security Features to Block 2G Exploits and Baseband Attacks (thehackernews.com) - Google will now allow their Pixel phones to be configured to ignore 2G downgrade attacks caused by Stingrays (cell-site simulators) and other devices that emulate a cellular baseband (tower) controlled by their service provider. This will prevent attacks like those performed by Intellexa and Predator using the Triton malware. This will also prevent SMS Blasting which bypass carrier spam protections.
Privacy News Data watchdog fines Clearview AI $33M • The Register - Clearview scrapes photos from all over the internet, adds them to its database, then sells the data to advertisers and governments, some who use it without appropriate legal permissions (think 4th amendment/warrantless surveillance issues)
Election News Spamouflage trolls pretend to be American patriots on X • The Register - #China - People’s Republic of China propaganda crew ramps up X and TikTok work claiming to be American citizens and “frustrated Conservatives”.
Hardware Backdoor Discovered in RFID Cards Used in Hotels and Offices Worldwide (thehackernews.com) - Hardware backdoor means even with appropriate controls, threat actors can still attack hotel and office doors around the globe. The FM11RF08S backdoor enables any entity with knowledge of it to compromise all user-defined keys on these cards, even when fully diversified, simply by accessing the card for a few minutes.
Russia fears Ukraine hijacking home CCTV systems for intel • The Register - This is genius, the Russians have asked users in the Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod regions to shut off dating apps and IP cameras that Ukranians are using for intelligence gathering.
CISA warns of Jenkins RCE bug exploited in ransomware attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) - Jenkins vulnerabilities from January being used by threat actors for Remote Code Execution. Patches should be applied in every environment. Exploitation of this vuln and proof of concepts hit the web less than 48hrs after the issue was identified.
GitHub Actions artifacts found leaking auth tokens in popular projects (bleepingcomputer.com) - GitHub breaks the principle of least astonishment/surprise by including tokens, api keys, other key material in artifacts download.