Man arrested for stealing $1m from Silicon Valley Exec via SIM-swapping

By ghostadmin A 21-year old Manhattan resident has been accused of SIM-swapping the mobile number of Robert Ross, a Silicon Valley executive, and managed to steal $1 million. The accused, Nicholas Truglia, not only targeted Ross’s phone number with SIM-swapping attacks but many others too includi...

Sim Swapping Crypto Stealing Hackers Arrested by Turkish Police

By Waqas Eleven Turkish individuals have been arrested by Turkish police department for stealing cryptocurrency worth approx. $80,000 via Sim Swapping. Reportedly, the suspects tricked the phone providers into revealing the phone numbers of the victims and used the SIMs for performing 2FA...

Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths

KrebsOnSecurity recently had a chance to interview members of the REACT Task Force, a team of law enforcement officers and prosecutors based in Santa Clara, Calif. that has been tracking down individuals engaged in unauthorized "SIM swaps" -- a complex form of mobile phone fraud that is often use...

5 (Not So) Scary Infosec Questions to Answer this Halloween

It’s Halloween. Time for candy checking, cavities and the start of the retail season. And while attacks will rise around the holidays, don't let the FUD machine get you too scared about things the go bump in the infosec night. Here are five things that should actually concern you. They were easil...

Now use Internet anonymously through Tor-enabled SIM card Onion3G

By Waqas Privacy concerns are rising with the advancement of technology. Today, we need to be a lot more careful about online browsing than we needed to a few years back despite that we have come far ahead with technology. Tor browser and VPNs are generally believed to protect our privacy online,...

SIM-PKH 2.4.1 SQL Injection Vulnerability

SIM-PKH version 2.4.1 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability. Exploit Title: SIM-PKH 2.4.1 - 'id' SQL Injection Exploit Author: Ihsan Sencan Vendor Homepage: https://simpkh.sourceforge.io/ Software Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/simpkh/files/latest/download Version: 2.4.1...

SIM-PKH 2.4.1 - Arbitrary File Upload

SIM-PKH 2.4.1 - Arbitrary File Upload Exploit Title: SIM-PKH 2.4.1 - Arbitrary File Upload Dork: N/A Date: 2018-10-22 Exploit Author: Ihsan Sencan Vendor Homepage: https://simpkh.sourceforge.io/ Software Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/simpkh/files/latest/download Version: 2.4.1 Category:...

SIM-PKH 2.4.1 Shell Upload

Exploit Title: SIM-PKH 2.4.1 - Arbitrary File Upload Dork: N/A Date: 2018-10-22 Exploit Author: Ihsan Sencan Vendor Homepage: https://simpkh.sourceforge.io/ Software Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/simpkh/files/latest/download Version: 2.4.1 Category: Webapps Tested on: WiN7x64/KaLiLinuXx6...

SIM-PKH 2.4.1 SQL Injection

Exploit Title: SIM-PKH 2.4.1 - 'id' SQL Injection Dork: N/A Date: 2018-10-22 Exploit Author: Ihsan Sencan Vendor Homepage: https://simpkh.sourceforge.io/ Software Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/simpkh/files/latest/download Version: 2.4.1 Category: Webapps Tested on: WiN7x64/KaLiLinuXx64...

SIM-PKH 2.4.1 - Arbitrary File Upload

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: SIM-PKH 2.4.1 - Arbitrary File Upload Exploit Author: Ihsan Sencan Vendor Homepage: https://simpkh.sourceforge.io/ Software Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/simpkh/files/latest/download Version: 2.4.1 Category: Webapps...

SIM-PKH 2.4.1 - Arbitrary File Upload

Exploit Title: SIM-PKH 2.4.1 - Arbitrary File Upload Dork: N/A Date: 2018-10-22 Exploit Author: Ihsan Sencan Vendor Homepage: https://simpkh.sourceforge.io/ Software Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/simpkh/files/latest/download Version: 2.4.1 Category: Webapps Tested on: WiN7x64/KaLiLinuXx6...

U.S. Mobile Giants Want to be Your Online Identity

The four major U.S. wireless carriers today detailed a new initiative that may soon let Web sites eschew passwords and instead authenticate visitors by leveraging data elements unique to each customer's phone and mobile subscriber account, such as location, customer reputation, and physical...

Instagram’s New Security Tools are a Welcome Step, But Not Enough

Instagram users should soon have more secure options for protecting their accounts against Internet bad guys. On Tuesday, the Facebook-owned social network said it is in the process of rolling out support for third-party authentication apps. Unfortunately, this welcome new security offering does...

SD-WAN 210 LTE - SIM Card State : Present but Service State : Unknown

SIM card is recognize by the SD-WAN Modem, including correct provider and APN. But the SD-WAN can not get the LTE service, it has the following state: Home Network | Card State : Present Home Network | Home Network : Unknown Home Network | Service State : Unknown Home Network | Roaming Status :...

Alleged SIM Swapper Arrested in California

Authorities in Santa Clara, Calif. have arrested and charged a 19-year-old area man on suspicion hijacking mobile phone numbers as part of a scheme to steal large sums of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The arrest is the third known law enforcement action this month targeting "SIM swappers,"...

AT&T Faces $224M Legal Challenge Over SIM-Jacking Rings

Cryptocurrency investor and Dogecoin founder Michael Terpin has filed a $223.8 million lawsuit against AT&T, alleging the mobile phone giant turned a blind eye to SIM fraud. Terpin alleges that more than 3 million cryptocurrency tokens worth $24 million were lifted from his digital wallet at an...

Hanging Up on Mobile in the Name of Security

An entrepreneur and virtual currency investor is suing AT&T for $224 million, claiming the wireless provider was negligent when it failed to prevent thieves from hijacking his mobile account and stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. Increasingly frequent, high-profile attacks like the...

Florida Man Arrested in SIM Swap Conspiracy

Police in Florida have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of being part of a multi-state cyber fraud ring that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims. On July 18, 2018, Pasco County...

Reddit Breach Highlights Limits of SMS-Based Authentication

Reddit.com today disclosed that a data breach exposed some internal data, as well as email addresses and passwords for some Reddit users. As Web site breaches go, this one doesn't seem too severe. What's interesting about the incident is that it showcases once again why relying on mobile text...

How a man hacked his victims’ SIM cards to steal millions of dollars

By Waqas Californian Authorities have arrested and charged a 20-year old college student Joel Ortiz for being part of a mobile phone hijacking group who hacked SIM cards. According to reports the detainee managed to hijack over 40 phone numbers and stole $5 million as well from high-profile targe...