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Europol busts up two SIM-swapping hacking rings

March 17, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, europol, Law & order, malware, operation quinientos dusim, operation smart cash, security threats, sim hijackers, SIM hijacking, sim jacking, sim swap, sim swap fraud, SIM swapping, SIM swaps, sim-swapping attacks, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 10:51:21 +0000

What a nightmare: your phone goes dead, and you can’t log into your bank account because it’s controlled by a hacker who’s draining you dry.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ORrtEW70IY8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google will now accept your iPhone as an authentication key

January 17, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, Android, Apple, authentication keys, bluetooth, Google, Google Chrome, iOS, iPhone, iPhones, Mobile, secure enclave, secure enclave processor, sep, SIM hijacking, sim jacking, sim swap, sim swap fraud, SIM swaps, smart lock

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:13:19 +0000

Google has updated its Smart Lock to let iOS users security-dongle-ize their iPhones.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/E-1ND1RZhgg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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TrickBot adds new trick to its arsenal: tampering with trusted texts

September 3, 2019 0 Comments 2fa, account takeover fraud, ATO, Authy, C&C, Dell Secureworks, dynamic webinject, dyreza, emotet, Eternal Romance, EternalBlue, EternalChampion, Gold Blackburn, Google Authenticator, hasherezade, point-of-sale, port-out fraud, POS, SIM hijacking, SIM swapping, Sprint, T-Mobile, thetrick, trickbot, trickloader, trickster, Trojan.TrickBot, Trojans, two-factor authentication, Verizon Wireless

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:26:01 +0000

TrickBot’s latest feature allows it to tamper with the web sessions of users from Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint mobile carriers.

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Tags: 2fa account takeover fraud ATO Authy C&C Dell Secureworks dynamic webinject dyreza emotet Eternal Romance EternalBlue EternalChampion Gold Blackburn Google Authenticator hasherezade point-of-sale port-out fraud POS SIM hijacking SIM swapping Sprint T-Mobile thetrick trickbot trickloader trickster Trojan.TrickBot two-factor authentication Verizon Wireless

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