Medical research data Advarra stolen after SIM swap
Medical research company Advarra reportedly had data stolen after a SIM swap incident on one of their employees.
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Twitter tells users: Pay up if you want to keep using insecure 2FA
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 17:58:39 +0000
Ironically, Twitter Blue users will be allowed to keep using the very 2FA process that’s not considered secure enough for everyone else.
Read moreSIM swapper sent to prison for 2FA cryptocurrency heist of over $20m
Credit to Author: Naked Security writer| Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:56:41 +0000
Guilty party got 18 months, also has to pay back $20m he probably hasn’t got, which could land him in more hot water.
Read moreRoblox Beamers steal items from kids
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:51:24 +0000
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Read moreEuropol busts up two SIM-swapping hacking rings
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=””/>
Read moreData of 10.6m MGM hotel guests posted for sale on Dark Web forum
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=””/>
Read moreGoogle will now accept your iPhone as an authentication key
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=””/>
Read moreFood writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:53:52 +0000
Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what’s a good security tool.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/QJiDHTqtHDo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreDatabase exposed 133 million US Facebook users’ phone numbers
Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:46:55 +0000
Facebook confirmed the breach, claiming that the total number of users in the database was 210 million.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1g5AlsbhrXc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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