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T-Mobile staff receiving cash offers to help with SIM swap attacks

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April 17, 2024
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T-Mobile employees are being propositioned via text messages to partake in illegal SIM swapping activities, with a financial incentive of $300 per swap. SIM swap attacks take advantage of consumers using SMS as their two-factor authentication (2FA) met…

Chinese telcos given 2027 deadline to ditch foreign chips

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April 15, 2024
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To reduce dependence on foreign technologies, Chinese officials have reportedly mandated the country’s leading telecom operators – including China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom – to eliminate foreign semiconductors from their networks b…

AT&T probes data breach affecting millions of customers

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April 2, 2024
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AT&T announced on Saturday that it is investigating a major data breach involving the personal information of over 73 million current and former customer accounts. The company said a data set containing records on approximately 7.6 million existing…

Cybersecurity agencies issue warning over Chinese hacking group

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March 21, 2024
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Government cybersecurity authorities in the US and allied nations are sounding the alarm bell again over the Chinese hacking group known as Volt Typhoon. In a joint advisory issued on Tuesday, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CI…

ASIO chief warns of critical infrastructure sabotage threat

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March 1, 2024
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Mike Burgess, Director General of Security at Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), has raised concerns over the potential for sabotage targeting critical infrastructure. Speaking at ASIO’s annual threat assessment, Burgess…

GSMA Open Gateway unlocks mobile network capabilities for developers

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February 23, 2024
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A new collaboration between the world’s leading mobile operators will accelerate innovation across industries from finance and retail to transportation, healthcare, and beyond. The GSMA Open Gateway initiative provides developers simplified acces…

GSMA Open Gateway unlocks mobile network capabilities for developers

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February 23, 2024
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IBM reveals surge in cyberattacks leveraging compromised accounts

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February 21, 2024
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Cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting valid user accounts to gain access to corporate networks, making this tactic a preferred weapon of choice for threat actors. The findings come from IBM’s 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index released t…

IBM reveals surge in cyberattacks leveraging compromised accounts

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February 21, 2024
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