Security Boulevard
JUNE 26, 2023
Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
The telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a data breach after some of its customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. The telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after it became aware that some of its customers were allegedly victims of SIM swap attacks.
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Krebs on Security
JANUARY 29, 2020
This sort of information would no doubt be of interest to scammers seeking to conduct social engineering attacks against Sprint employees as way to perpetrate other types of fraud, including unauthorized SIM swaps or in gleaning more account information from targeted customers.
Security Boulevard
JANUARY 24, 2023
Security teams have no knowledge about these undocumented APIs, including the data they handle and their security posture. The recent API breach at Australian telecommunications provider Optus (who has set aside $140 million to cover costs from the incident) falls under this category.
Security Affairs
APRIL 23, 2022
Telecommunication giant T-Mobile confirmed the LAPSUS$ extortion group gained access to its networks in March. The popular investigator and journalist Brian Krebs first surmised that the LAPSUS$ gang has breached T-Mobile after he reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of the cybercrime group. ” wrote Krebs.
IT Security Guru
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Several reports, such as the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2022 and Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report highlight that human error is by far the biggest and dominant cause of illicit actions and cybersecurity issues. After all, cybersecurity is a matter of proper human risk management. Train humans’ awareness.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 12, 2020
Most mobile providers offer customers the option of placing a PIN or secret passphrase on their accounts to lessen the likelihood of such attacks succeeding, but these protections also usually fail when the attackers are social engineering some $12-an-hour employee at a mobile phone store.
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