There is a new very insidious danger for users, what you should pay attention to and how you should defend yourself
A new threat digital is scaring users, a danger that is good to know so as not to become a victim. This time it has nothing to do with suspicious links, credit card cloning or anything else, it’s an exploitative fraud la SIM card to activate.
Is called SIM swap and it is a technique that is really very insidious since the victims practically do not notice anything and when they realize they have been scammed, it could be too late. Precisely for this reason, knowledge, even in the case of this scam, is fundamental.
What is the SIM swap scam: how it works and how to defend yourself
The technique known as SIM swap involves stealing the victim’s phone number. The scammers manage, with various stratagems, to convince the telephone operator to do it give the phone number back, making it migrate to a new SIM.
In this way the victim’s phone stops working and the scammers will have all the telephone traffic available to exploit to their advantage. Let us remember that the telephone number is much more than a simple numerical composition, it is a real master key to be used for recover lost credentialsto receive the OTP code and many other sensitive operations. If this number gets into the hands of skilled scammers willing to do everything to steal from the victim, “that’s it”.
Ma How can you protect yourself from SIM swap? The first sign to pay attention to is the loss of coverage in areas where cell phones generally have reception. If the telephone “gives no sign of life”, therefore there is no signal for no apparent reason, one should become suspicious. Added to this is the arrival of notifications of accesses that have never been requested or other security warnings. Faced with these two hypotheses, we should immediately take action to protect ourselves and block everything as soon as possible.
Per protect your phone number the best thing is to avoid SMS as a verification system and then use an authentication application that certainly offers greater security. You should avoid public sharing of your number, such as publishing it on social media or other platforms. Knowing this mechanism will make it easier to protect yourself and avoid “falling into a trap”. We must always pay close attention to the activity of our smartphone, from which we practically control everything today.
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