Collaborate Disseminate
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. Continue reading Two Charged in SIM Swapping, Vishing Scams
By Deeba Ahmed
These hackers were involved in malware attacks, sim swapping scams, and e-commerce fraud.
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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. Continue reading Why & Where You Should You Plant Your Flag
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. Continue reading Porn Clip Disrupts Virtual Court Hearing for Alleged Twitter Hacker
The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week’s epic hack against Twitter. These individuals said they were only customers of the person who had access to Twitter’s internal employee tools, and were not responsible for the actual intrusion or bitcoin scams that took place that day. But new information suggests that at least two of them operated a service that resold access to Twitter employees for the purposes of modifying or seizing control of prized Twitter profiles. Continue reading Twitter Hacking for Profit and the LoLs
With limited confirmed information, a raft of theories and circumstantial evidence has come to light as to who was behind the attack and how they carried it out. Continue reading Twitter Hack Update: What We Know (and What We Don’t)
As you probably know, Twitter got hacked (again) this week. Here’s what happened.
The post Twitter is Dead to Me – What Really Happened This Week appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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What a nightmare: your phone goes dead, and you can’t log into your bank account because it’s controlled by a hacker who’s draining you dry. Continue reading Europol busts up two SIM-swapping hacking rings
Europol, along with the Spanish and the Romanian national police, has arrested 26 individuals in connection with the theft of over €3.5 million ($3.9 million) by hijacking people’s phone numbers via SIM swapping attacks.
The law enforcement agencies a… Continue reading Europol Arrests 26 SIM Swapping Fraudsters For Stealing Over $3 Million
By Deeba Ahmed
SIM Swapping (SIM hijacking or SIM hacking) is rapidly becoming the biggest threat to mobile service providers and mobile users alike.
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