He Thought He Was Secure; His Phone Number Got Stolen Anyway
Threat actors can easily steal one-time passwords sent by text when they conduct a SIM swap attack. This can lead to account takeovers, so users must layer up their security measures.
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Threat actors can easily steal one-time passwords sent by text when they conduct a SIM swap attack. This can lead to account takeovers, so users must layer up their security measures.
"I don’t know of a bigger question we can answer as humans."
Webshells have been popular for a long time. We already covered this topic across multiple diaries[1][2]. I spent some time to track them[3] and slighly paid less attention to them but today I found another one. It seems to be a new player (pushed on Github two months ago).
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