{"id":133180,"date":"2024-12-04T10:41:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T03:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133180"},"modified":"2024-12-04T10:41:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T03:41:15","slug":"fbi-warns-iphone-and-android-users-stop-sending-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133180","title":{"rendered":"FBI Warns iPhone And Android Users\u2014Stop Sending Texts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-6\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">US citizens urged to use encryption. given attacks<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Timing is everything. Just as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/10\/11\/apple-ios-18-bad-news-for-google-as-millions-of-iphone-15-iphone-16-users-update\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/10\/11\/apple-ios-18-bad-news-for-google-as-millions-of-iphone-15-iphone-16-users-update\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/10\/11\/apple-ios-18-bad-news-for-google-as-millions-of-iphone-15-iphone-16-users-update\/\" aria-label=\"Apple\u2019s adoption of RCS\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple\u2019s adoption of RCS<\/a> had seemed to signal a return to text messaging versus the unstoppable growth of WhatsApp, then along comes a surprising new hurdle to stop that in its tracks. While messaging Android to Android or iPhone to iPhone is secure, messaging from one to the other is not.<\/p>\n<p>Now even the FBI and CISA, the US cyber defense agency, are warning Americans to use fully encrypted messaging and phone calls where they can. The backdrop is the Chinese hacking of US networks that is reportedly \u201congoing and likely larger in scale than previously understood.\u201d Fully encrypted comms is the best defense against this compromise, and Americans are being urged to use that wherever possible.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/12\/03\/samsung-warning-do-not-install-these-apps-on-your-galaxy-s24-or-s23\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Samsung Warning\u2014Do Not Install These Apps On Your Galaxy S24 Or S23\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/12\/03\/samsung-warning-do-not-install-these-apps-on-your-galaxy-s24-or-s23\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Samsung Warning\u2014Do Not Install These Apps On Your Galaxy S24 Or S23<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Zak Doffman<\/span><\/small><\/span><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail-wrapper\"><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail allow-inline-style\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/671e2f675ed725e431a7fa5c\/960x0.jpg?cropX1=203&amp;cropX2=2200&amp;cropY1=337&amp;cropY2=1414);\"\/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The network cyberattacks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/12\/03\/china-hack-salt-typhoon-telecom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/12\/03\/china-hack-salt-typhoon-telecom\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/12\/03\/china-hack-salt-typhoon-telecom\/\" aria-label=\"attributed to Salt Typhoon\">attributed to Salt Typhoon<\/a>, a group associated with China\u2019s Ministry of Public Security, has generated heightened concern as to the vulnerabilities within critical US communication networks. The reality is different. Without fully end-to-end encrypted messaging and calls, there has <em>always <\/em>been a potential for content to be intercepted. That\u2019s the entire reason the likes of Apple, Google and Meta advise its use, highlighting the fact that even they can\u2019t see content.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/03\/chinese-hack-global-telecom-ongoing-00192410\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/03\/chinese-hack-global-telecom-ongoing-00192410\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/03\/chinese-hack-global-telecom-ongoing-00192410\" aria-label=\"Politico\"><em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/03\/chinese-hack-global-telecom-ongoing-00192410\">Politico<\/em><\/a>, advice given by CISA\u2019s Jeff Greene and an unnamed FBI senior official included \u201cstrongly urging Americans to \u2018use your encrypted communications where you have it\u2026 we definitely need to do that, kind of look at what it means long-term, how we secure our networks\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two officials briefing the media went as far as to suggest \u201cthat Americans should use encrypted apps for all their communications,\u201d according to other reports (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/security\/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/security\/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/security\/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694\" aria-label=\"1\">1<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/wwnc.iheart.com\/content\/2024-12-03-americans-urged-to-use-encrypted-apps-amid-massive-chinese-hacking-campaign\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/wwnc.iheart.com\/content\/2024-12-03-americans-urged-to-use-encrypted-apps-amid-massive-chinese-hacking-campaign\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/wwnc.iheart.com\/content\/2024-12-03-americans-urged-to-use-encrypted-apps-amid-massive-chinese-hacking-campaign\/\" aria-label=\"2\">2<\/a>). That means stop sending texts between iPhones and Androids, albeit iMessages and Google Messages are fully encrypted between users on those platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Greene added that \u201cour suggestion, what we have told folks internally, is not new here: encryption is your friend, whether it&#8217;s on text messaging or if you have the capacity to use encrypted voice communication. Even if the adversary is able to intercept the data, if it is encrypted, it will make it impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/resources-tools\/resources\/enhanced-visibility-and-hardening-guidance-communications-infrastructure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/resources-tools\/resources\/enhanced-visibility-and-hardening-guidance-communications-infrastructure\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/resources-tools\/resources\/enhanced-visibility-and-hardening-guidance-communications-infrastructure\" aria-label=\"alert\">alert<\/a> into the ongoing telco network hacks jointly issued by FBI, CISA and NSA\u2014as well as other Five Eyes agencies\u2014was released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of end-to-end encryption to protect cross-platform RCS, the successor to SMS, is a glaring omission. It was highlighted in Samsung\u2019s recent celebratory PR release on the success of RCS, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/24\/samsung-warns-iphone-and-android-users-your-messages-are-not-secure\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/24\/samsung-warns-iphone-and-android-users-your-messages-are-not-secure\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/24\/samsung-warns-iphone-and-android-users-your-messages-are-not-secure\/\" aria-label=\"which included the caveat that only Android to Android messaging is secured\" rel=\"noopener\">which included the caveat that only Android to Android messaging is secured<\/a>. It remains a stark irony that while Google and Apple separately advise Android and iPhone users to rely on end-to-end encryption, when it comes to RCS it\u2019s still missing, with no timeline in sight for a fix.<\/p>\n<p>The mobile standard setter, GSMA, and Google have said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/article\/rcs-nowin-ios-a-new-chapter-for-mobile-messaging\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/article\/rcs-nowin-ios-a-new-chapter-for-mobile-messaging\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/article\/rcs-nowin-ios-a-new-chapter-for-mobile-messaging\/\" aria-label=\"encryption will be coming to RCS\">encryption will be coming to RCS<\/a>, but there\u2019s no firm date yet. That assurance seemed a response to the backlash post Apple\u2019s update with the media pickup on the security issue. Apple\u2014whose iPhone ecosystem includes ever more fully encryption, has not commented.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/12\/03\/microsofts-bad-news-15-million-windows-users-now-at-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Microsoft\u2019s Bad News For Millions Of Windows Users\u2014You Are Now At Risk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/12\/03\/microsofts-bad-news-15-million-windows-users-now-at-risk\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Microsoft\u2019s Bad News For Millions Of Windows Users\u2014You Are Now At Risk<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Zak Doffman<\/span><\/small><\/span><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail-wrapper\"><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail allow-inline-style\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/6695f3f83a87798d607daf59\/960x0.jpg?cropX1=443&amp;cropX2=2942&amp;cropY1=345&amp;cropY2=1876);\"\/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My advice remains to use WhatsApp over RCS for cross-platform messaging until such a time as RCS adds full encryption between iPhones and Androids. Once you step outside Apple\u2019s or Google\u2019s walled garden, the security protections fall away. With good secured platforms available, it\u2019s not worth taking the risk.<\/p>\n<p>There are other fully encrypted platforms as well\u2014notably Signal, the best of the bunch, albeit with a much smaller install base. Even Facebook Messenger now fully encrypts messaging, making standard SMS\/RCS texting even more an outlier. Signal and WhatsApp also enable fully encrypted voice and video calls cross platform, and so they should also be your default choices given this FBI\/CISA warning.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Apple\u2019s iOS 18.2, due this month, will enable iPhone users to change the default messenger on their devices from iMessage. Timing really is everything.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/12\/03\/fbi-warns-iphone-and-android-users-stop-sending-texts\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US citizens urged to use encryption. given attacks NurPhoto via Getty Images Timing is everything. 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