SIM swappers hijacking phone numbers in eSIM attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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cross-posted from: https://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.

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[-] chunktoplane@beehaw.org 4 points 7 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.

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