SIM Cards in 29 Countries Vulnerable to Remote Simjacker Attacks

The article states about “SimJacker” vulnerability which attackers are able to remotely attack to mobile phone. This involves a SMS containing a specific type of spyware-like code being sent to a mobile phone to exploit the presence of a particular piece of software of S@T Browser on the SIM card. This weakness has spread over 29 countries including North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.  In addition, there is android application like SnoopSnitch to detect the attack according to suspicious binary SMS and  the SIMalliance has also improved some updates to  S@T browser specifications to increase the security of the SIM toolkits.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/simjacker-vulnerability-exploit.html