Security Boulevard
APRIL 30, 2024
The post Brits Ban Default Passwords — and More IoT Stupidity appeared first on Security Boulevard. Nice Cup of IoTea? The UK’s Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act aims to improve the security of net-connected consumer gear.
Malwarebytes
MARCH 19, 2024
A 42-year-old manager at an unnamed telecommunications company has admitted SIM swapping customers at his store. Armed with an email and password—which are easily bought online— and the 2FA code, an attacker could take over the victim’s online accounts.
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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.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 19, 2020
For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries. Allen said it matters little to the attackers if the first few social engineering attempts fail. A phishing page (helpdesk-att[.]com) com) targeting AT&T employees. Image: urlscan.io.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 12, 2020
For those who can’t be convinced to use a password manager, even writing down all of the account details and passwords on a slip of paper can be helpful, provided the document is secured in a safe place. Perhaps the most important place to enable MFA is with your email accounts. For more information on the NCTUE, see this page.
Security Affairs
MARCH 23, 2022
Their scope of interests includes – major telecommunications companies such as Claro, Telefonica and AT&T. Over the last months, the Lapsus$ gang compromised other prominent companies such as NVIDIA , Samsung , Ubisoft , Mercado Libre, and Vodafone.
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.
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