As originally reported by ZDNet, the UK National Crime Agency has arrested eight men as part of a coordinated crackdown against a SIM swapping gang targeting US celebrities. By convincing US mobile operators to assign a celebrity’s phone number to a new SIM card under the attacker’s control, the SIM swappers were able to bypass two-factor authentication and reset victim’s passwords. According to Europol, these criminals stole more than $100 million worth of cryptocurrency using this method.
Using Microsoft Sentinel to Detect Confluence CVE-2022-26134 Exploitation
By Akshay Rohatgi and Randy Pargman About this Student Research Project Binary Defense’s mission is