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AT&T Employees Took Bribes to Unlock Smartphones

Posted on By infossl
att, bribes, cellphones, courts, hacking, malware, Security technology, smartphones

This wasn’t a small operation: A Pakistani man bribed AT&T call-center employees to install malware and unauthorized hardware as part of a scheme to fraudulently unlock cell phones, according to the US Department of Justice. Muhammad Fahd, 34, was extradited from Hong Kong to the US on Friday and is being detained pending trial. An … Read More “AT&T Employees Took Bribes to Unlock Smartphones” »

Security Vulnerabilities in AT&T Routers

Posted on By infossl
att, encryption, Security technology, securityengineering, vulnerabilities

They’re actually Arris routers, sold or given away by AT&T. There are several security vulnerabilities, some of them very serious. They can be fixed, but because these are routers it takes some skill. We don’t know how many routers are affected, and estimates range from thousands to 138,000. Among the vulnerabilities are hardcoded credentials, which … Read More “Security Vulnerabilities in AT&T Routers” »

AT&T Charging Customers to Not Spy on Them

Posted on By infossl
att, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

AT&T is charging a premium for gigabit Internet service without surveillance: The tracking and ad targeting associated with the gigabit service cannot be avoided using browser privacy settings: as AT&T explained, the program “works independently of your browser’s privacy settings regarding cookies, do-not-track and private browsing.” In other words, AT&T is performing deep packet inspection, … Read More “AT&T Charging Customers to Not Spy on Them” »