Too Smart for Their Own Good…

New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS

S @ T Browser, short for SIMalliance Toolbox Browser, is an application that comes installed on a variety of SIM cards, including eSIM, as part of SIM Tool Kit (STK) and has been designed to let mobile carriers provide some basic services, subscriptions, and value-added services over-the-air to their customers.

If you’re going to embed software smarts into something that essential, make damn sure you test the heck out of it before letting it out the door.

(h/t Charles Arthur)