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Optus cyberattack could have exposed up to 9 million Australians
Hackers have breached Optus’ systems in one of the largest
cyberattacks in Australian history, accessing names, dates of birth,
phone numbers, email addresses, physical addr… Continue reading Optus cyberattack could have exposed up to 9 million Australians, now what? [closed]
Is there reliable data out in the world about the frequency of SIM Swap attacks?
Breakdown – The FBI’s public alert summarized SIM swap attack numbers, but didn’t give y/y or regional breakdowns. I didn’t see this data when searching thei… Continue reading Reliable SIM Swap Data
Why don’t cell phone providers offer the feature to verify id in a physical store before doing a SIM swap? I understand it’s not foolproof*, but this feels like a basic security feature that could help prevent sim swap crime.
*For example,… Continue reading ID Verification for Sim Swap [closed]
For physical SIMs, I’m aware of a number of security benefits to enabling the SIM PIN, because for an attacker with access to a lost or stolen SIM, a PIN prevents transferring the SIM to a different phone, where they could:
Gain access to… Continue reading Are there any security benefits to enabling the PIN on an eSIM?
Recently, we saw a spat of sim swap attacks against some of our users in my organization. It was a unusually high number of "number transfer" requests being sent out by a mobile carrier. Engaging the users, we confirmed they didn… Continue reading Why did attackers try to change billing address in a SIM swap attack?
I have a PAYG basic Nokia mobile, not a smartphone, and have noticed on my EE A/c there is a transaction for a Text Service with a charge of 15p, appearing every so often, which is nothing to do with me. I’m in my 70’s and wouldn’t even k… Continue reading Would removing a SIM disable the phone number and block text scams
I read here and here that an attacker, that has physical access to my SIM, card could be able to extract the encryption key from my sim and then intercept and decrypt phone calls. This can be true ?
Continue reading can an attacker intercept phone call if he has access to my sim?
A number of years ago, I bought a Samsung GT-E1200R cellphone and a SIM card.
I’ve looked through my bank records but it’s ambiguous as to when/where this was bought.
I’ve asked the telephone company and they refuse to respond and their wh… Continue reading Is there some way to extract this information from a SIM card with my old phone? [closed]
I recently encountered a virus that got to my phone through a desktop browser my Google was logged into. I managed to clean my computer but my phone is still infected. Is cleaning the sim card in a VM to use in a new phone a reasonable sol… Continue reading Can I clean a sim card of a virus to use again? [closed]
My goal is to make one of my android phones as secure as possible, hence the question: What is the most secure way for an Android phone to gain internet access? Options I (think I) have:
The phone has it’s own physical sim card. Threat I … Continue reading What is the most secure internet access option for Android phones?