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Customers of Visible Wireless Carrier Had Their Accounts Compromised

Heimadal Security

After a few days of dealing with technical issues, the American all-digital wireless carrier Visible confirmed that some of its customers’ accounts have been compromised. The post Customers of Visible Wireless Carrier Had Their Accounts Compromised appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do.

Krebs on Security

Corrupt wireless company employees taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to unlock and hijack mobile phone service. Wireless providers selling real-time customer location data, despite repeated promises to the contrary. Incessantly annoying and fraudulent robocalls. AT&T in particular has had a rough month.

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NSA issues advice for securing wireless devices

Malwarebytes

By releasing an information sheet that provides guidance on securing wireless devices while in public (pdf) —for National Security System, Department of Defense, and Defense Industrial Base teleworkers—the NSA has provided useful information on malicious techniques used by cyber actors, and ways to protect against them. Other interfaces.

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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

eSecurity Planet

Wireless security is the protection of wireless networks, devices and data from unwanted access and breaches. It involves a variety of strategies and practices designed to preserve the confidentiality, integrity and availability of wireless networks and their resources. What is Wireless Security?

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ThousandEyes Pi4 Wireless Deployment at Black Hat USA

Cisco Security

A deployment guide for wireless ThousandEyes agents deployed to monitor the Black Hat 2023 conference by Adam Kilgore & Ryan MacLennan ThousandEyes (TE) Black Hat 2023 Deployment Guide This guide documents the setup and installation procedures used to deploy ThousandEyes at Black Hat 2023.

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SEC X Account Hack is a Case of SIM Swapping

Security Boulevard

The bad actor who hacked into the X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month gained access through a SIM swapping attack on the agency’s phone linked to the account. A SEC spokesperson in an update this week on the incident said the attacker was able to convince the unnamed wireless carrier.

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Why You Should Opt Out of Sharing Data With Your Mobile Provider

Krebs on Security

Image: Shutterstock Telecommunications giant AT&T disclosed this month that a breach at a marketing vendor exposed certain account information for nine million customers. AT&T’s disclosure said the information exposed included customer first name, wireless account number, wireless phone number and email address.

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