SIM swapping

Предложение FCC направлено против подмены SIM-карт и мошенничества с использованием портов

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Федеральная комиссия по связи США (FCC) просит откликов на новые предлагаемые правила по борьбе с подменой SIM-карт и мошенничеством с переносом номера – все более распространенными мошенничествами, в которых похитители личных данных похищают номер мобильного телефона жертвы и используют его для получения контроля над ее личными данными в Интернете. В давно назревшем уведомлении, опубликованном 30 … Читать далее

PlugwalkJoe Does the Perp Walk

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Joseph “PlugwalkJoe” O’Connor, in a photo from a paid press release on Sept. 02, 2020, pitching him as a trustworthy cryptocurrency expert and advisor. One day after last summer’s mass-hack of Twitter, KrebsOnSecurity wrote that 22-year-old British citizen Joseph “PlugwalkJoe” O’Connor appeared to have been involved in the incident. When the U.S. Justice Department last … Читать далее

Are You One of the 533M People Who Got Facebooked?

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Ne’er-do-wells leaked personal data — including phone numbers — for some 553 million Facebook users this week. Facebook says the data was collected before 2020 when it changed things to prevent such information from being scraped from profiles. To my mind, this just reinforces the need to remove mobile phone numbers from all of your … Читать далее

Can We Stop Pretending SMS Is Secure Now?

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SMS text messages were already the weakest link securing just about anything online, mainly because there are tens of thousands of employees at mobile stores who can be tricked or bribed into swapping control over a mobile phone number to someone else. Now we’re learning about an entire ecosystem of companies that anyone could use … Читать далее

Two Charged in SIM Swapping, Vishing Scams

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Two young men from the eastern United States have been hit with identity theft and conspiracy charges for allegedly stealing bitcoin and social media accounts by tricking employees at wireless phone companies into giving away credentials needed to remotely access and modify customer account information. Prosecutors say Jordan K. Milleson, 21 of Timonium, Md. and … Читать далее

Why & Where You Should Plant Your Flag

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Several stories here have highlighted the importance of creating accounts online tied to your various identity, financial and communications services before identity thieves do it for you. This post examines some of the key places where everyone should plant their virtual flags. As KrebsOnSecurity observed back in 2018, many people — particularly older folks — … Читать далее

Porn Clip Disrupts Virtual Court Hearing for Alleged Twitter Hacker

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Perhaps fittingly, a Web-streamed court hearing for the 17-year-old alleged mastermind of the July 15 mass hack against Twitter was cut short this morning after mischief makers injected a pornographic video clip into the proceeding. 17-year-old Graham Clark of Tampa, Fla. was among those charged in the July 15 Twitter hack. Image: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s … Читать далее

Lawmakers Prod FCC to Act on SIM Swapping

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Crooks have stolen tens of millions of dollars and other valuable commodities from thousands of consumers via “SIM swapping,” a particularly invasive form of fraud that involves tricking a target’s mobile carrier into transferring someone’s wireless service to a device they control. But the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the entity responsible for overseeing wireless … Читать далее

Account Hijacking Forum OGusers Hacked

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Ogusers[.]com — a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims’ phone numbers — has itself been hacked, exposing the email addresses, hashed passwords, IP addresses and private messages for nearly 113,000 forum users. On May 12, the administrator of OGusers explained an outage … Читать далее

More Alleged SIM Swappers Face Justice

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Prosecutors in Northern California have charged two men with using unauthorized SIM swaps to steal and extort money from victims. One of the individuals charged allegedly used a hacker nickname belonging to a key figure in the underground who’s built a solid reputation hijacking mobile phone numbers for profit. According to indictments unsealed this week, Tucson, … Читать далее