cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/9868784
SIM swappers have adapted their attacks to steal a target’s phone number by porting it into a new eSIM card, a digital SIM stored in a rewritable chip present on many recent smartphone models.
Submitted 8 months ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to technology@beehaw.org
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sim-swappers-hijacking-phone-numbers-in-esim-attacks/
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/9868784
SIM swappers have adapted their attacks to steal a target’s phone number by porting it into a new eSIM card, a digital SIM stored in a rewritable chip present on many recent smartphone models.
chunktoplane@beehaw.org 8 months ago
Good to see more coverage on how frail phone numbers are as a security layer, we need to push for more secure ways of doing 2FA.