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Teenagers today. Can't take them anywhere, eh? 18-year-old kid accused of $50m SIM-swap cryptocurrency heist
2020-01-25 11:34

SIM swapping typically involves crooks tricking cellular network support staff to transfer victims' smartphone numbers to the criminals' own SIMs, and then using those numbers to reset passwords, or get two-factor authentication tokens, via text messages, and ultimately access and drain cryptocoin accounts.

Admins using Cisco gear in their networks will want to head over to Switchzilla's security portal and check for applicable updates among the latest batch of 28 patches.

Among the most serious are a critical fix for Firepower Management Center and high-priority patches in WebEx Meetings and IOS XR. GE medical monitors found to have security flaws.

The bugs are exploitable over a network connection, meaning an attacker would have to be on the local network, or if for some reason the devices would need to be attached to a network that is remotely accessible.

Days after issuing the first patches for the critical vulnerability in ADC and Gateway, Citrix has rolled out a second batch of updates for even more of its networking hardware.


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