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Millions of consumers are now being urged to check their devices quickly after security experts found a new threat targeting Android phones.  The team at McAfee Mobile Security discovered the most recent attack, which can infect well-known applications with a malicious software library and start carrying out tasks without the smartphone owners' authorization.[1]

Cyber criminals can use a contaminated app to view Wi-Fi history, Bluetooth devices connected to a phone, apps used, and even nearby GP

Last week we presented a topic on our RedShort explaining the growing human engineering techniques; especially the use of cell phone calls.  The New Jersey NJCCIC recently detected an uptick in TOAD phishing campaigns. TOAD, or telephone-oriented attack delivery, is a type of social engineering attack that lures potential victims to contact fraudulent call centers managed by threat actors in attempts to steal credentials or install malware onto their systems.

The messages used in the observed TO