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2019 was a banner year for data exposures, with billions of people affected by cloud misconfigurations, hacks and poor security practices in general. Here’s the Threatpost Top 10 for data-breach news of the year, featuring all the low-lights. Continue reading Top 10 Breaches and Leaky Server Screw Ups of 2019
TrickBot malware targets users of U.S. mobile carriers Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint via web injects to steal their PIN codes; enabling SIM swapping attacks. Continue reading TrickBot Targets Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint Users to Siphon PINs
A U.S. senator is giving the four telecommunications companies until Sept. 4 to outline how they plan to better protect customer data privacy. Continue reading AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon Blasted For Data Privacy Policies
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Sprint Corporation, an American telecommunications company has announced that it has suffered a data breach after unknown hackers accessed customer accounts credentials using the Samsung.com “add a line” website. Originally, the company was in… Continue reading Hackers used Samsung website to access Sprint’s customer data
AT&T and Sprint have settled a lawsuit over AT&T’s usage of “5GE” branding that incorrectly labels 4G networks as 5G.
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The FTC is ordering seven companies – including AT&T, T-Mobile, Comcast and more – to outline what data they collect, what they use the data for, and how transparent they’re being with consumers. Continue reading FTC Demands Broadband Providers Reveal Data Handling Practices
Sprint announced it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to further enrich the capabilities of its Curiosity Internet of Things (IoT) platform. AWS storage and IoT services will now be integrated with Sprint’s distributed and virtualized IoT core … Continue reading Sprint teams with AWS to enrich the capabilities of its Curiosity IoT platform
Project Verify from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile aims to replace your password. Continue reading Major US mobile carriers want to be your password
The four major U.S. wireless carriers today detailed a new initiative that may soon let Web sites eschew passwords and instead authenticate visitors by leveraging data elements unique to each customer’s phone and mobile subscriber account, such as location, customer reputation, and physical attributes of the device. Here’s a look at what’s coming, and the potential security and privacy trade-offs of trusting the carriers to handle online authentication on your behalf. Continue reading U.S. Mobile Giants Want to be Your Online Identity
An entrepreneur and virtual currency investor is suing AT&T for $224 million, claiming the wireless provider was negligent when it failed to prevent thieves from hijacking his mobile account and stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. Increasingly frequent, high-profile attacks like these are prompting some experts to say the surest way to safeguard one’s online accounts may be to disconnect them from the mobile providers entirely. Continue reading Hanging Up on Mobile in the Name of Security