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FCC’s Got New Rules for SIM-Swap and Port-Out Fraud

Richi Jennings | November 20, 2023 | 2 factor, 2 factor auth, 2-factor authentication, 2FA apps, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA phishing, 2FA policies, 2FA/MFA, Cloud MFA, DUAL FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, fcc, FCC Failures, FCC Follies, hacking two factor, Jessica Rosenworcel, MFA, MFA hacks, mfasecurity, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), number port-out fraud, number port-out scams, Number Portability Administration Center, port-out scams, SB Blogwatch, SIM swap, sim swap fraud, SIM swap scams, SIM swapping, SMS, SMS messages, SMS phishing, sms scam, SMS scams, smshing, two-factor-authentication.2fa
Too many times: Federal Communications Commission shuts stable door after horse bolted. But chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (pictured) was hoping it would save us ...
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U.S. Mobile Giants Want to be Your Online Identity

BrianKrebs | September 12, 2018 | A Little Sunshine, ATT, International Computer Science Institute, Johannes Jaskolski, LocationSmart, Nicholas Weaver, number port-out scams, Project Verify, Security Tools, Securus Technologies, SIM swap, Sprint, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm, UC Berkeley, verizon
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 ...
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Florida Man Arrested in SIM Swap Conspiracy

Florida Man Arrested in SIM Swap Conspiracy

BrianKrebs | August 7, 2018 | A Little Sunshine, ATT, Coinbase, Gemini Trust, Joel Ortiz, Motherboard, Ne'er-Do-Well News, number port-out scams, Ricky Handschumacher, SIM swap scams, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm, Trezor, Tyler Winklevoss
Police in Florida have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of being part of a multi-state cyber fraud ring that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that siphoned hundreds of thousands of ...
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Reddit Breach Highlights Limits of SMS-Based Authentication

Reddit Breach Highlights Limits of SMS-Based Authentication

BrianKrebs | August 1, 2018 | Authy, Data breaches, google, Google Authenticator, number port-out scams, Reddit breach, Security Keys, Security Tools, TOTP, twofactorauth.org, Yubico
Reddit.com today disclosed that a data breach exposed some internal data, as well as email addresses and passwords for some Reddit users. As Web site breaches go, this one doesn't seem too ...
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T-Mobile Employee Made Unauthorized ‘SIM Swap’ to Steal Instagram Account

T-Mobile Employee Made Unauthorized ‘SIM Swap’ to Steal Instagram Account

BrianKrebs | May 18, 2018 | A Little Sunshine, Instagram, Latest Warnings, number port-out scams, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm
T-Mobile is investigating a retail store employee who allegedly made unauthorized changes to a subscriber's account in an elaborate scheme to steal the customer's three-letter Instagram username. The modifications, which could have ...
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