Krebs on Security
JANUARY 19, 2023
T-Mobile today disclosed a data breach affecting tens of millions of customer accounts, its second major data exposure in as many years. In a filing with federal regulators, T-Mobile said an investigation determined that someone abused its systems to harvest subscriber data tied to approximately 37 million current customer accounts.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 13, 2021
A recent phishing campaign targeting Coinbase users shows thieves are getting cleverer about phishing one-time passwords (OTPs) needed to complete the login process. In each case, the phishers manually would push a button that caused the phishing site to ask visitors for more information, such as the one-time password from their mobile app.
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Malwarebytes
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
For the most popular operating system in the world—which is Android and it isn’t even a contest —there’s a sneaky cyberthreat that can empty out a person’s bank accounts to fill the illicit coffers of cybercriminals. The ATS framework uses the harvested credentials to initiate unauthorized money transfers to accounts held by the attacker.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 23, 2023
Mobile virtual network operator Mint Mobile suffered a new data breach, threat actors had access to customers’ personal information. Mint Mobile experienced a recent data breach, exposing customers’ personal information to unauthorized access by threat actors.
Tech Republic Security
MAY 5, 2022
Adopting a new authentication method from the FIDO Alliance, the three major OS vendors will let you use encrypted credentials stored on your phone to automatically sign you into your online accounts. The post Google, Apple, Microsoft promise end to passwords, courtesy of your mobile phone appeared first on TechRepublic.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 18, 2021
T-Mobile is warning that a data breach has exposed the names, date of birth, Social Security number and driver’s license/ID information of more than 40 million current, former or prospective customers who applied for credit with the company. T-Mobile hasn’t yet responded to requests for clarification regarding how many of the 7.8
Krebs on Security
MARCH 20, 2023
A new breach involving data from nine million AT&T customers is a fresh reminder that your mobile provider likely collects and shares a great deal of information about where you go and what you do with your mobile device — unless and until you affirmatively opt out of this data collection.
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