“The ESET USSD Control application allows users to check potentially malicious phone numbers (USSD codes) before they are dialed by the default phone dialer and can block malicious websites, which ...

USSD codes are a communication protocol that work across devices and create a real-time connection to information your carrier has about your account.

A variation of the recently disclosed attack that can wipe data from Samsung Android devices when visiting a malicious Web page can also be used to disable the SIM cards from many Android phones ...