FCC fines wireless carriers $200 million for sharing user location data!

FCC Fines Wireless Carriers $200 million, Google’s Fight Against Malicious Apps

In episode 328, Tom and Kevin discuss two major cybersecurity and privacy news stories. The first topic covers the FCC issuing fines to major US wireless carriers for sharing users’ real-time location ...
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Attack on Kroll Puts a Spotlight on SIM Swapping

Three cryptocurrency firms undergoing bankruptcy restructuring sustained data breaches after an employee at risk advisory firm Kroll recently fell victim to a SIM swapping scam, an attack technique that doesn’t get the ...
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Kroll Employee SIM-Swapped for Crypto Investor Data

Kroll Employee SIM-Swapped for Crypto Investor Data

Security consulting giant Kroll disclosed today that a SIM-swapping attack against one of its employees led to the theft of user information for multiple cryptocurrency platforms that are relying on Kroll services ...
Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times in 2022

Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times in 2022

Three different cybercriminal groups claimed access to internal networks at communications giant T-Mobile in more than 100 separate incidents throughout 2022, new data suggests. In each case, the goal of the attackers ...
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T-Mobile API Breach: Playing the Victim

I’m not sure what is less surprising, that a big company got hacked or that they are trying to play the victim. The headline is that T-Mobile acknowledged that data on roughly ...
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T-Mobile’s SIXTH Breach in 5 years: 37M Users’ PII Leaks

T-Mobile’s SIXTH Breach in 5 years: 37M Users’ PII Leaks

The Un-carrier is In-secure, it seems. Un-believable. In-credibly in-competent. CEO Mike Sievert (pictured) might become un-CEO ...
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