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The New Oil<p>Hacker pleads guilty to <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/SIMswap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIMswap</span></a> attack on <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> account</p><p><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-pleads-guilty-to-sim-swap-attack-on-us-sec-x-account/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/hacker-pleads-guilty-to-sim-swap-attack-on-us-sec-x-account/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
BrianKrebs<p>Feds Charge Five Men in 'Scattered Spider' Roundup</p><p>Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass, MailChimp, Okta, T-Mobile and Twilio.</p><p>Two of the accused I've written about extensively already. Today's story looks at how several of these guys were caught. For example:</p><p>"The phishing kits used for these campaigns featured a hidden Telegram instant message bot that forwarded any submitted credentials in real-time. </p><p>In August 2022, multiple security firms gained access to the server that was receiving data from that Telegram bot, which on several occasions leaked the Telegram ID and handle of its developer, who used the nickname "Joeleoli."</p><p><a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/feds-charge-five-men-in-scattered-spider-roundup/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/fe</span><span class="invisible">ds-charge-five-men-in-scattered-spider-roundup/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/scatteredspider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scatteredspider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fbi</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/simswap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simswap</span></a></p>
ChiefGyk3D<p>Well this is disturbing, albeit not surprising. <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/07/ransomware_evolves_from_mere_extortion/?td=keepreading" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2024/05/07/ran</span><span class="invisible">somware_evolves_from_mere_extortion/?td=keepreading</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.chiefgyk3d.com/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a> <a href="https://social.chiefgyk3d.com/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.chiefgyk3d.com/tags/SimSwap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimSwap</span></a></p>
Avoid the Hack! :donor:<p>T-Mobile Employees Across The Country Receive Cash Offers To Illegally Swap SIMs</p><p>I still stand by this: if <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/sms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sms</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mfa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mfa</span></a> wasn’t still massively used (especially by the financial sector), sim swaps would be less attractive to sim swappers.</p><p>It’s also crazy so much trust is placed in telecoms guarding your phone number and MFA factor for your bank. 🫨</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/simswap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simswap</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tmo.report/2024/04/t-mobile-employees-across-the-country-receive-cash-offers-to-illegally-swap-sims/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tmo.report/2024/04/t-mobile-em</span><span class="invisible">ployees-across-the-country-receive-cash-offers-to-illegally-swap-sims/</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>"The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> was from my rainy-day account, so I consider myself fortunate there, but my <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DigitalIdentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalIdentity</span></a> has been completely trashed."</p><p>“Phone porting is a legitimate practice people use to move a phone number from one telecommunication provider to another.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PhonePorting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhonePorting</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SIMSwap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIMSwap</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-10/optus-customer-victim-phone-porting-sim-swap-scam/103676088" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-04-10/opt</span><span class="invisible">us-customer-victim-phone-porting-sim-swap-scam/103676088</span></a>&gt;</p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SIMswap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIMswap</span></a> hijacking <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> numbers in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/eSIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eSIM</span></a> attacks<br>Russian <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> firm <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FACCT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FACCT</span></a> reports that <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a> swappers in the country and worldwide have been taking advantage of this shift to eSIMs to hijack phone numbers and bypass protections to access bank accounts. Now, attackers breach a user's mobile account with stolen, brute-forced, or leaked credentials and initiate porting the victim's number to another device on their own.<br><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sim-swappers-hijacking-phone-numbers-in-esim-attacks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/sim-swappers-hijacking-phone-numbers-in-esim-attacks/</span></a></p>
Graham Cluley<p>US insurance firms sound alarm after 66,000 individuals impacted by SIM swap attack.</p><p>Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: <a href="https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/us-insurance-firms-sound-alarm-after-66-000-individuals-impacted-by-sim-swap-attack/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsec</span><span class="invisible">urity/us-insurance-firms-sound-alarm-after-66-000-individuals-impacted-by-sim-swap-attack/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/simswap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simswap</span></a></p>
Graham Cluley<p>The SEC 'fesses up. Its Twitter account was hacked due to a SIM swap attack.</p><p>Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog:</p><p><a href="https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/sec-twitter-hack-blamed-on-sim-swap-attack/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsec</span><span class="invisible">urity/sec-twitter-hack-blamed-on-sim-swap-attack/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/simswap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simswap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> confirms X account was hacked in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SIMswapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIMswapping</span></a> attack<br>"Two days after the incident, in consultation with the SEC's telecom carrier, the SEC determined that the unauthorized party obtained control of the SEC cell phone number associated with the account in an apparent 'SIM swap' attack."<br>In a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SIMswap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIMswap</span></a> attack, threat actors trick a victim's wireless carrier into porting a customer's phone number to a device under the attacker's control. <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sec-confirms-x-account-was-hacked-in-sim-swapping-attack/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/sec-confirms-x-account-was-hacked-in-sim-swapping-attack/</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BitcoinETF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BitcoinETF</span></a></p>
Cory Doctorow<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/5yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5yrsago</span></a> Fraudsters offers thousands to low-waged telco employees for help with <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SIMSwap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIMSwap</span></a> scams <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ky5a5/criminals-recruit-telecom-employees-sim-swapping-port-out-scam" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vice.com/en/article/3ky5a5/cri</span><span class="invisible">minals-recruit-telecom-employees-sim-swapping-port-out-scam</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/5yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5yrsago</span></a> Border <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FamilySeparation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilySeparation</span></a> isn’t “zero tolerance” – CBP looked for parents to charge so they could kidnap kids <a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/08/03/zero-tolerance-family-separations-trump-immigration-family-separation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2018/08/03/ze</span><span class="invisible">ro-tolerance-family-separations-trump-immigration-family-separation/</span></a></p><p>7/</p>
🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)<p>Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times in 2022</p><p>---</p><p><a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/02/hackers-claim-they-breached-t-mobile-more-than-100-times-in-2022/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">krebsonsecurity.com/2023/02/ha</span><span class="invisible">ckers-claim-they-breached-t-mobile-more-than-100-times-in-2022/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TMobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TMobile</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/DataBreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataBreach</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/SimSwap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimSwap</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Hack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hack</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/MFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MFA</span></a></p>