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SIM-Swapping Is the Biggest Security Threat You Face and Almost No One Is Trying to Fix It. Here’s Why It Matters.

Imagine you try to log into your bank account one day to setup a payment on your mortgage. You realize that something’s wrong when the bank’s website tells you you’ve entered the wrong password. That’s strange, you think as you click the link to “reset your password.” It’s an easy process, but first, the bank requires that you prove you’re actually you, by sending a simple text message with a six-digit code to the mobile phone number on file. But when you request your code, the text never comes. …

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SIM Swapping Is the Biggest Security Threat You Face, and Almost No One Is Trying to Fix It. Here’s Why It Matters

Imagine you try to log into your bank account one day to setup a payment on your mortgage. You realize that something’s wrong when the bank’s website tells you you’ve entered the wrong password. That’s strange, you think as you click the link to “reset your password.”  It’s an easy process, but first, the bank requires that you prove you’re actually you, by sending a simple text message with a six-digit code to the mobile phone number on file. But when you request your code, the text never comes. …

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Simjacker attack exploited in the wild to track users for at least two years

Simjack exploits a technology residing on the SIM card, the attack also works independently of the user’s device type.  “We have observed devices from nearly every manufacturer being successfully targeted to retrieve location: Apple, ZTE, Motorola, Samsung, Google, Huawei, and even IoT devices with SIM cards,” researchers said.  The only good news is that the attack doesn’t rely on regular SMS messages…

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