(One of my bets has come through. (I won nothing for no money was involved.))

Bricking Phones to become UK Government Service!

#PhoneTheft (... but you know that that's not what it's gonna be used for ...)

#BBCRaduo4 #BBCNewsBulletin #BBCNews #Technology #Lebanon #Beirut #Hezbollah #LondonMetropolitanPolice #MI5

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77egvep8mdo

Some of Cambridge's bike thieves escalated to phone theft, which finally prompted the police to take action.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn41984gvd2o

#BikeTheft #PhoneTheft #CambridgeUK #UKcrime #CambridgePolice

UK MPs demand Home Secretary call on Apple to make iPhone more resistant to data exfiltration, backdoors, hacking, and third-party repair…

“Oh, Wait, No, Not like that.”

MPs urge UK government to stop phone theft wave through tech | The Register

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/25/uk_committee_phone_theft/

#backdoor #censorship #encryption #homeOffice #phoneTheft #rightToRepair #surveillance

It's been a bit quiet on the news front over the last 24 hours, but we've still got a couple of interesting updates for you, including a new phishing technique and a push for tech companies to tackle phone theft. Let's dive in:

CoPhish - New OAuth Phishing via Microsoft Copilot 🎣
- Datadog Security Labs has unveiled 'CoPhish', a novel OAuth phishing technique that weaponises Microsoft Copilot Studio agents.
- This method exploits the ability to host malicious chatbots on legitimate Microsoft domains (copilotstudio.microsoft.com), making fraudulent OAuth consent requests appear highly credible to users.
- Attackers can target application administrators to grant permissions to malicious apps, enabling session token exfiltration without user awareness. Microsoft is working on fixes, but organisations should review consent policies and monitor Copilot Studio agent creation events.

🤖 Bleeping Computer | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-cophish-technique-wraps-oauth-phishing-in-microsoft-copilot/

UK MPs Demand Tech Action on Phone Theft 📱
- UK Members of Parliament are urging the Home Secretary to mandate stronger technical measures from smartphone manufacturers (Apple, Google, Samsung) to combat rising phone theft.
- Metropolitan Police data shows 117,211 phones stolen in 2024, a 25% increase since 2019, with only a 1% charge/conviction rate. Around 75% of these devices are resold internationally.
- The committee advocates for cloud-based blocking or IMEI-linked device locks to render stolen handsets useless for resale, thereby reducing demand in criminal markets.

🕵🏼 The Register | https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/10/25/uk_committee_phone_theft/

#CyberSecurity #ThreatIntelligence #Phishing #OAuth #MicrosoftCopilot #InfoSec #UKGov #PhoneTheft #CyberCrime #SecurityNews

Metropolitan Police Acknowledges Need for Better Response to Phone Thefts in London

The Metropolitan Police's newly appointed lead on phone theft, Commander Andy Featherstone, admitted that the force’s efforts to combat the crime have been inadequate. With less than 1% of phone thefts in London resulting in charges or convictions, the issue has become a significant concern. Neil Ga... [More info]

Met Police Arrest 46 in Operation Against Stolen Phone Smuggling to China

The Metropolitan Police have arrested 46 individuals as part of an operation that disrupted a criminal network involved in smuggling up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China. The investigation began in December when authorities discovered around 1,000 stolen iPhones in a shipment destined for... [More info]

Police dismantle gang smuggling tens of thousands of stolen UK phones to China

Police in London have broken up an international gang suspected of smuggling as many as 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China over the last year. This investigation, described as the UK's largest ever phone theft operation, began after a victim tracked a stolen iPhone to a warehouse near ... [More info]