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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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Two men busted for hijacking victims’ phones and email accounts

November 18, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, cryptocurrency, data loss, death threat, Law & order, Mobile, original gangster, phone porting, security threats, sim jacking, sim swap fraud, SIM swapping, SIM swaps, sim-jacked, social accounts, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:17:51 +0000

Prosecutors allege that Meiggs and Harrington took over their targets’ mobile phone and email accounts via SIM-swapping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/J1Y9CgBcaSw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sextortionist whisks away sex tapes using just a phone number

November 12, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, data loss, Law & order, phone porting, randall baran-chong, security threats, sex tapes, sextortion, sim jacking, sim swap fraud, SIM swapping, SIM swaps, sim-jacked

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 11:15:39 +0000

The SIM-swap victim knew he was in trouble when he got a 3:30 a.m. message about his phone service being cut off.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/WC2UWpWBTyQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>