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Scattered Spider: New Cyber Attack Targets Telcos

By David Morrow 18 Jan 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

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

By Eric Priezkalns 15 Aug 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

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

By Eric Priezkalns 10 Aug 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

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

By Eric Priezkalns 1 Jun 2022 Privacy & Intellectual Property

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

By Eric Priezkalns 18 Mar 2022 Privacy & Intellectual Property

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

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Dec 2021 Data & Analytics

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

By Eric Priezkalns 24 Aug 2020 Risk, Fraud & Security

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

By Eric Priezkalns 17 Jul 2020 Risk, Fraud & Security

Some suspect insiders were paid to give access to the accounts of VIPs including Barack Obama, Elon Musk and Kanye West.


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