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Five Major US Wireless Carriers Are Vulnerable to SIM Swapping

16

Jan

2020

Most wireless carriers in the United States are vulnerable to SIM swapping attacks and lack proper procedures to fend off hackers and other bad actors, Princeton researchers have found. SIM swapping became a popular attack method during the Bitcoin boom as hackers targeted Bitcoin wallets protected by SMS two-factor authentication (2FA). It took off and […]

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Hackers use free tools in new APT campaign against industrial sector firms

17

Dec

2019

Researchers have recently detected an advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign that targets critical infrastructure equipment manufacturers by using industry-sector-themed spear-phishing emails and a combination of free tools. This tactic fits into the “living off the land” trend of cyberespionage actors reducing their reliance on custom and unique malware programs that could be attributed to them […]

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Hackers attack OnePlus again – this time stealing customer details

25

Nov

2019

Hackers have once again successfully compromised the website of Chinese phone manufacturer OnePlus. Back in January 2018 it was revealed that the credit card details of some 40,000 people using the OnePlus website had been stolen by hackers. On that occasion the attackers managed to inject a malicious script into an payment webpage that skimmed […]

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