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T-Mobile Alerted ‘A Few Hundred Customers’ Targeted By Hackers

October 27, 2017 admin bug, cellphones, cybersecurity, hack, hacking, Sim, sim cards, T-Mobile

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 15:50:38 +0000

T-Mobile has called customers targeted by hackers who were trying to take control of their SIM cards, alerting them of the hack attempts, and suggesting ways to secure their accounts.

Independent MotherBoard Security

There’s ‘No Excuse’ for the T-Mobile Bug That Helped Hackers Steal Accounts

October 11, 2017 admin bug, Bugs, cellphones, cybersecurity, hackers, hacking, IMSI, Information Security, infosec, Sim, T-Mobile

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:57:56 +0000

Bugs happen to everyone, but the company failed to monitor for simple signs of abuse.

Independent MotherBoard Security

T-Mobile Website Allowed Hackers to Access Your Account Data With Just Your Phone Number

October 10, 2017 admin bug bounty, Bugs, cellphones, cybersecurity, hackers, hacking, IMSI, Information Security, infosec, T-Mobile

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:03:43 +0000

The bug exposed customers’ email addresses, their billing account numbers, and the phone’s IMSI numbers. T-Mobile has patched the bug.

Security Wired

Encrypted Chat Took Over. Let’s Encrypt Calls, Too

April 21, 2017 admin cellphones, conference calls, end-to-end encryption, phones, Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:00:24 +0000

Encrypted calling is tricky to get right, but that’s changing fast. The post Encrypted Chat Took Over. Let’s Encrypt Calls, Too appeared first on WIRED.