Scattered Spider: New Cyber Attack Targets Telcos
CrowdStrike details a campaign that combines social engineering, smishing and remote code execution to infiltrate the systems of telcos, sometimes with the intention to perform SIM swaps.
Smishers Fool Twilio Staff, Hack Corporate Systems and Breach Customer Data
The US comms provider said hackers obtained information about 125 businesses that use their services.
Scammer Made $25mn by Unlocking Phones Using Stolen T‑Mobile Credentials
Argishti Khudaverdyan used phishing and social engineering to fool T‑Mobile employees into giving him access to corporate systems.
What the Theft of the Verizon Employee Database Tells Us about Security Threats
The telco played down the importance of the breach whilst the hacker mocked ‘idiot’ employees for believing he was from PC support.
The Hacker Who Stole a Telco’s Most Valuable Personal Data Without Using a Computer
A 1980’s phreaker said she stole the phone numbers of LA celebrities by checking unlocked cabinets in the office of Pacific Bell.
Hacker Impersonates Agent to Breach Data from Cox Communications
Social engineering was identified as the top cybersecurity risk per respondents to the RAG RAFMCS Survey 2021.
Telco Staff Targeted by New Custom Spear Voice Phishing Attacks
Criminals phone staff as they work at home, then tell them to log on to phishing websites that look like corporate portals.
FBI Investigates Hacking of Elite Twitter Accounts by Bitcoin Scammers
Some suspect insiders were paid to give access to the accounts of VIPs including Barack Obama, Elon Musk and Kanye West.