efani | Crypto Cell Phone SIM Port Hijacking Identity Theft
SIM/PORT SWAP IDENTITY THEFT “SIM swapping” (also known as “SIM hijacking”) is a growing crime and form of identity theft in the telecommunications world that requires little more than a thorough Google search, a willing telecommunications carrier representative, and an electronic or in-person impersonation of the victim. To perpetuate the theft, the cellphone service provider […]
efani | How to Protect Yourself From SIM-Swapping Attacks
You think you’re making all the right moves. You’re smart with your security. You have two-factor authentication enabled on all your accounts. But hackers have a way to bypass that: SIM swapping. It’s a devastating method of attack with dire consequences for those who fall victim to it. Fortunately, there are ways to protect yourself. […]
Twitter NASDAQ: (TWTR) CEO Jack Dorsey targeted by SIM swap | efani
How Twitter attacks probably happened One day in 2019, Jack Dorsey started sending out a string of bizarre tweets. Jack’s followers knew his account had been compromised. What was less obvious to more than 4 million followers was how attackers took control of the Twitter CEO’s account for almost 20 minutes. Twitter reported hackers had […]
Alibaba NYSE: BABA ECS instances targeted Cryptojacking | efani SAFE?
Alibaba ECS instances targeted in new cryptojacking campaign Hackers have been found attacking Alibaba Cloud Elastic Computing Service (ECS) instances to mine Monero cryptocurrency in a new cryptojacking campaign. Security researchers at Trend Micro discovered cybercriminals disabling security features in cloud instances so that they could mine for cryptocurrency. ECS instances come with a preinstalled […]
FBI Hacker is Selling Robinhood Data on Forum | efani SAFE?
The threat actor is looking for a minimum offer of “five figures” for the data, which includes seven million email addresses The hacker behind last week’s Robinhood data breach is now selling the company’s customer data on a hacking forum. Known as ‘pompompurin’, the threat actor – who also claimed responsibility for the recent hack […]