Cisco Blogs / Security / Threat Research / DoNot’s Firestarter abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging to spread The newly discovered Firestarter malware uses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging to notify its authors of the final payload location. Even if the command and control (C2) is taken down, the DoNot team can still redirect the malware to another C2 using Google … [Read more...] about DoNot’s Firestarter abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging to spread
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Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile to replace SMS with RCS Messaging in 2020
Mobile carriers in the United States will finally offer a universal cross-carrier communication standard for the next-generation RCS messaging service that is meant to replace SMS and has the potential to change the way consumers interact with brands for years to come.All major United States mobile phone carriers, including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, have joined … [Read more...] about Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile to replace SMS with RCS Messaging in 2020
Hacker Breaks Into French Government’s New Secure Messaging App
A white-hat hacker found a way to get into the French government's newly launched, secure encrypted messaging app that otherwise can only be accessed by officials and politicians with email accounts associated with the government identities.Dubbed "Tchap," the end-to-end encrypted, open source messaging app has been created by the French government with an aim to keep their … [Read more...] about Hacker Breaks Into French Government’s New Secure Messaging App