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Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile to replace SMS with RCS Messaging in 2020
2019-10-25 11:34

Mobile carriers in the United States will finally offer a universal cross-carrier communication standard for the next-generation RCS messaging service that is meant to replace SMS and has the...

Vulnerabilities Exposed 2 Million Verizon Customer Contracts
2019-09-10 13:17

Vulnerabilities discovered by a security researcher in Verizon Wireless systems could have been exploited by hackers to gain access to 2 million customer contracts. read more

TrickBot Targets Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint Users to Siphon PINs
2019-08-28 20:35

TrickBot malware targets users of U.S. mobile carriers Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint via web injects to steal their PIN codes; enabling SIM swapping attacks.

AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon Blasted For Data Privacy Policies
2019-08-12 20:17

A U.S. senator is giving the four telecommunications companies until Sept. 4 to outline how they plan to better protect customer data privacy.

Cloudflare Criticizes Verizon Over Internet Outage
2019-06-26 12:33

'Small Heart Attack' Incident Points to Problems Keeping Internet Infrastructure SecureCloudflare was unsparing in its criticism of Verizon over a BGP snafu that hampered 15 percent of its global...

Verizon DBIR: C-Level Executives in the Crosshairs
2019-05-22 19:03

C-level executives are 12 times more likely to be the target of social incidents and nine times more likely to be the target of social breaches. This is among the key findings of the latest...

News Wrap: Facebook Regulation, Verizon DBIR, Hidden Airbnb Cameras
2019-05-10 18:48

From a creepy Airbnb incident to Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report, Threatpost editors break down the top privacy and security stories for the week ended May 10.

Verizon Data Breach Report: Espionage, C-Suite and Cloud Attacks on the Rise
2019-05-08 16:01

Cloud misconfigurations, business email compromise (BEC) and intellectual property theft are all up in the Verizon DBIR 2019 from last year.

Verizon Publishes 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)
2019-05-08 04:00

Verizon 2019 DBIR Shows Financially Motivated Attacks Increasing While Criminals Switch to Easiest Targets read more

Check your Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway G1100 router now
2019-04-10 10:24

Owners of Verizon’s FiOS Quantum Gateway (G1100) routers should check the firmware has been updated after a security company made public three significant security flaws.