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SIM Swap Attack Let Hackers Port a Telephone Number to a New SIM to Hack WhatsApp & Bypass 2FA

Cybercriminals are activity performing SIM swap Attack in various countries to bypass 2 Factor Authentication and to compromise the various social media apps including WhatsApp by porting a victims telephone number to a new SIM card. This widespread attack causing the financial damages, steal credentials and capture OTPs to bypass victims online accounts. There are […]

78-Year-Old Man Robbed Of “50 Years Of Savings” Via SIM Swap Scam

Elderly people who aren’t tech savvy seem to be an easy target of fraudsters. Along the similar lines, criminals have, reportedly, stolen the ’50 years of savings’ of an elderly man via SIM swapping scam; the incident took place in South Africa. “How they got access to account details, I don’t know. There was a […]