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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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Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey

November 27, 2019 0 Comments @jack, 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijack, account hijacking, Celebrities, chuckling squad, debug, hack, Hacked, Jack Dorsey, Law & order, MFA, react, santa clara, security threats, SIM swaps, SMS, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:58:43 +0000

Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LWmwsxXvjmg” 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=””/>

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Hackers bypassing some types of 2FA security FBI warns

October 11, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, FBI, MFA, multi-factor authentication, security threats, SIM swaps, two-factor authentication, vulnerability, WebAuthn, youtube

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:13:06 +0000

Some types of 2FA security can no longer be guaranteed to keep the bad guys out, the FBI warned US companies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M0mTuBNjc54″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter turns off SMS texting after @Jack hijacking

September 6, 2019 0 Comments @jack, 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijack, account hijacking, Celebrities, Hacked, Jack Dorsey, MFA, security threats, SIM swaps, SMS, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 09:41:13 +0000

Two problems, Twitter says: vulnerabilities that mobile carriers need to fix & its reliance on linked numbers for 2FA.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2v_2dm33u_g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>