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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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Data of 10.6m MGM hotel guests posted for sale on Dark Web forum

February 21, 2020 0 Comments Celebrities, data breach, data dump, data loss, gnosticplayers, guests, hacking forum, hotel, irina nesterovsky, kela, las vegas, mgm resorts, PII, security threats, sim card, sim swap, sim swap fraud, under the breach

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:55:24 +0000

The data dump apparently included PII for Justin Bieber and Jack Dorsey.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Z2tLH5LX16k” 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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Apple iOS 13.3 is here, bringing support for keyfobby authentication

December 12, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, Apple, Apple Safari, data loss, fido, fido u2f, Google, Incognito mode, iOS, ios 13.3, ios update, ipados 13.3, lightning, Mobile, nfc, security threats, sim swap fraud, titan key, tvos 13.3, usb, watchos 6.1.1, yubico, Yubikey

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:27:30 +0000

Bullet-proof authentication is just a tap away!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/I3Xzl-C4fcA” 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=””/>