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September Snafus: Hackers Take Advantage of Unwitting Employees

Approachable Cyber Threats

Category News, Social Engineering. All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. So far in September, IHG , Uber , and Rockstar Games have all been victims of major independent cyber attacks. Risk Level. The common theme?

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T-Mobile customers were hit with SIM swapping attacks

Security Affairs

.” The exposed information may have included customers’ full name, address, email address, account number, social security number, customer account personal identification number (PIN), account security questions and answers, date of birth, plan information, and the number of lines subscribed associated with the account.

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Twitter's Cyber Attack and Takeover: It Was Spear Phishing

SecureWorld News

Since the attack occurred in early July, speculation about how hackers compromised Twitter's security have run rampant, especially on.Twitter. Even the title of SecureWorld's first story about the incident had questions: "Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked: Insider Threat or Social Engineering Attack?".