Heimadal Security

MARCH 4, 2022

The threat actors had targeted T-Mobile servers involved in development, staging, and production. To prove the authenticity of the T-Mobile data breach, threat actors shared a print screen of […].

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 1, 2021

After an undisclosed number of subscribers were reportedly hit by malicious SIM swapping attacks, American telecommunications company T-Mobile has announced a data breach. The post T-Mobile Confirms Data Breach and SIM Swapping Attacks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Google Fi, the cell network provider of Google, recently confirmed a data breach. It is likely that the incident is related to the recent T-Mobile security incident, which allowed threat actors to steal the information of millions of customers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2022

Telecommunication giant T-Mobile confirmed the LAPSUS$ extortion group gained access to its networks in March. Telecom company T-Mobile on Friday revealed that LAPSUS$ extortion gang gained access to its networks. He said he’d figured out how to upload files to the virtual machine he had access to at T-Mobile.”

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 30, 2021

We have new information on the T-Mobile data breach that compromised the personal information of millions of customers just a couple weeks ago. The data breach resulted in the personal information of approximately 54 million customers being accessed by the hacker. T-Mobile data breach details.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 12, 2021

It seems that the Mint Mobile data breach happened when an unauthorized person obtained access to subscribers’ account information and in this way succeeded to port phone numbers to another carrier. The post Mint Mobile Was Hit by a Data Breach appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. The […].

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2023

Last week, T-Mobile disclosed that the personally identifiable information (PII) of 37 million of its past and present customers had been breached in an API attack. They also shared that the attack had been going on since November but was only caught January 5 by T-Mobile’s security team.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2018

This past year featured some 150 blog posts , but as usual the biggest contribution to this site came from the amazing community of readers here who have generously contributed their knowledge, wit and wisdom in more than 10,000 comments. Many of you have requested a redesign to make this site more mobile-friendly. Mobile Carriers.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security standards to protect your company. There are several ways you can protect your business from data breaches. Create security awareness for employees. As a result, they seek to exploit the weakest link.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Every time you send a mobile payment, search for airline flight prices, or book a restaurant reservation - you are using an API. Unfortunately, API attacks are increasing as vectors for security incidents. These include breaches on major operators such as T-Mobile.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Related: T-Mobile breach reflects rising mobile device attacks. To date, the main goal in mind has been to prevent attackers from breaching your defenses and making their way into the castle, but the reality is this approach is flawed. Attackers will get in, it’s only a matter of time.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administratio n (CISA), Snatch was originally named Team Truniger , based on the nickname of the group’s founder and organizer — Truniger. Constella also found a breached record from the Russian mobile telephony site tele2[.]ru, so with the nickname Trojan7907.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 17, 2023

6 min read T-Mobile, MailChimp, and Chick-Fil-A are among the biggest breaches so far in 2023. The post Top 5 Cyberattacks of Q1 2023 and How Zero Trust Can Prevent Similar Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

New version includes 11 important security patches Lightning Framework, modular Linux malware Malware spent months hoovering up credit card details from 300 US restaurants Lock down your Neopets account: Data breach being investigated Demo: Your data has been encrypted! Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Update Google Chrome now!

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 19, 2021

We learned this week that T-Mobile was the victim of a data breach that exposed data from tens of millions of customers, and then we found out that there is a flaw in BlackBerry’s QNX operating system that puts hundreds of millions of devices at risk.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Related: T-Mobile breach reflects rising mobile device attacks. The post GUEST ESSAY: Here’s why castle-wall defenses utterly fail at stopping deceptive adversaries appeared first on Security Boulevard. For instance, if you’ve ever … (more…).

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

But doesn't this all make biometrics like passwords? What happens if someone obtains, say, my fingerprint just like they may obtain my password in a data breach or a phishing attack? Very simple - data breaches, phishing, shoulder-surfing and in many cases, simply guessing. because you can. A password? My kids, for one.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2018

T-Mobile today announced It has suffered a security breach that May have exposed personal information of up to 2 million T-mobile customers. T-Mobile notified the security breach to the affected customers and via SMS message, letter in the mail, or a phone call.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

New version includes 11 important security patches. Lock down your Neopets account: Data breach being investigated. T-Mobile agrees to pay customers $350 million in settlement over data breach. Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Update Google Chrome now! Lightning Framework, modular Linux malware.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

With hybrid and fully remote work becoming more mainstream, more employees than ever are using both personal and corporate mobiles to access company data. This leaves security teams scrambling to implement best practices for mobile device security. Fortunately, Duo makes implementing mobile security policies simple.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Here's how it normally plays out: It all begins when a company pops up online and makes some sort of ludicrous statement related to their security posture, often as part of a discussion on a public social media platform such as Twitter. So I wrote a blog post. So I wrote a blog post. The Register wrote about it.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Researchers at Huntress have uncovered software flaws and misconfigurations in two of the top five virtual event platforms: VFairs, which counts among its customers Ford, T-Mobile, IEEE and Pearson, and 6Connex. Huntress reported its findings to VFairs and 6Connex and both platforms have since patched the vulnerabilities.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Many Sharefile users interpreted this as a breach at Citrix and/or Sharefile, but the company maintains that’s not the case. I asked if this notice had been sent to everyone, and inquired whether ShareFile offers any form(s) of multi-factor authentication options that customers could use to supplement the security of passwords.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Every time you send a mobile payment, search for airline flight prices, or book a restaurant reservation - you are using an API. Unfortunately, API attacks are increasing as vectors for security incidents. These include breaches on major operators such as T-Mobile.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 23, 2021

macOS 11 ’s hidden security improvements. T-Mobile customers, change your PINs. Source: BleepingComputer) A job ad blunder by the UK’s Ministry of Defence has accidentally revealed the existence of a secret SAS mobile hacker squad. Source: ZDNet) NYC teachers ‘ social security numbers exposed.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2023

In a recent blog post , the tech giant introduced the option to create and use a safer, more convenient alternative to passwords: Passkeys , a form of digital credential. As the authors of the blog put it: "Using passwords puts a lot of responsibility on users. Phishing and breach protection. So, how do they work? Backup" key.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. T-Mobile confirms Lapsus$ had access its systems Are you using Java 15/16/17 or 18 in production? Patch them now! To nominate, please visit:?

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SC Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Google took an important step on Thursday by saying that “very soon” they will automatically enroll users in multifactor authentication – what they are calling two-step verification (2SV) – a move security researchers say is a step in the right direction. Just one of these building blocks alone doesn’t maximize security.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

However, the recent spate of software supply chain attacks has heightened awareness amongst security teams and IT on the risks of third parties and how quickly those risks can turn into incidents. In today’s blog, we’ll talk about how RBA and more secure methods of authentication can securely enable third-party access.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2023

In March, Microsoft announced its Security Copilot service. In a blog post , Microsoft boasted that the Security Copilot was the “first security product to enable defenders to move at the speed and scale of AI.” Of course, Microsoft isn’t the only one to leverage generative AI for security.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

C O N T E N T S. Keep your online accounts secure Respect your privacy Capture and share with care Take care of your data Take care of your device Be wary of certain sites and content online Be kind. Keep your online accounts secure. After a breach, cybercriminals often sell and re-sell the stolen data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. About 24% of all 2020 breaches were aimed at retailers. It shouldn’t be a surprise that more effort needs to be made to protect them from these attacks. They will go after credit card numbers and security codes or other personally identifiable information (PII).

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Google Security

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In fact, quite a few recent high-profile breaches targeted inactive accounts. And in the case of the recent T-Mobile breach this summer, information from inactive prepaid accounts was accessed through old billing files. Inactive accounts can pose a serious security risk.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Online advertising firm Sizmek Inc. [ NASDAQ: SZMK ] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. Resecurity also presented evidence that it notified Citrix of the breach as early as Dec.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Bad Packets warns of over 14,500 Pulse secure VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510. Once again thank you!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The results showed, for instance, that almost every organization surveyed is dealing with digital transformation at one level or another (97%), and that organizations that are aggressively investing in digital transformation had higher rates of data breaches. Let’s talk about breach rates first. Why aren’t people using more?

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Cybersecurity Awareness Month , a collaborative effort between government and businesses to raise awareness about digital security and empower both organizations and individuals to protect their online data from cybercriminals. Technology has a significant impact on addressing cybersecurity challenges.

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