Thousands of Systems Turned Into Proxy Exit Nodes via Malware
To date, AT&T Alien Labs researchers have identified over 400,000 systems that act as proxy exit nodes in this network. However, it is unclear how many of these were infected, and the company that offers the proxy service claims that all devices pertain to users who are aware of the proxy application’s functionality. Last week,…
Millions of AT&T Customers Notified of Data Breach at Third-Party Vendor
One of the largest carriers in the US, AT&T has roughly 200 million wireless customers, but only a small percentage of the total has been impacted by the incident. “Approximately 9 million wireless accounts had their Customer Proprietary Network Information accessed,” AT&T said in an emailed statement. “We recently determined that an unauthorized person breached…
T-Mobile Carrier Scammer Gets Decade in the Slammer
Phishing emails and social engineering scams were all it took for mobile phone store owner Argishti Khudaverdyan to breach the mobile provisioning systems of T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint to “unlock” phones from their network constraints — earning him more than $25 million in the process. Now Khudaverdyan has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years…
Many companies have not taken basic steps to protect their remote workforce
New research shows almost three quarters of large businesses believe remote working policies introduced to help stop the spread of COVID-19 are making their companies more vulnerable to cyberattacks. You need to take steps to protect the remote workforce AT&T’s study of 800 cybersecurity professionals across the UK, France and Germany shows that while 88%…
