Hackers used Samsung website to access Sprint’s customer data

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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

FTC Demands Broadband Providers Reveal Data Handling Practices

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 teams with AWS to enrich the capabilities of its Curiosity IoT platform

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

U.S. Mobile Giants Want to be Your Online Identity

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

Hanging Up on Mobile in the Name of Security

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

The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – MyLobot Malware, Updates on Third-Party Location Data Sharing, Fortnite Scam Websites

This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for June 25, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions, Silent Pocket and CISOBox.  This episode was hosted… Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – MyLobot Malware, Updates on Third-Party Location Data Sharing, Fortnite Scam Websites

Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant for Mobile Location Data

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the government needs to obtain a court-ordered warrant to gather location data on mobile device users. The decision is a major development for privacy rights, but experts say it may have limited bearing on the selling of real-time customer location data by the wireless carriers to third-party companies. Continue reading Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant for Mobile Location Data