Malicious SS7 activity and why SMS should never by used for 2FA

Sun Apr 18 01:25:03 UTC 2021

Every SMS 2FA should check the current carrier against the carrier when
enrolled and unenroll SMS for 2FA when a number is ported out. BofA and a
few others do this.

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Tim

On Sat, Apr 17, 2021, 8:02 PM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke at gmail.com> wrote:

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> https://lucky225.medium.com/its-time-to-stop-using-sms-for-anything-203c41361c80
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> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/can-we-stop-pretending-sms-is-secure-now/
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> Anecdotal: With the prior consent of the DID holders, I have successfully
> ported peoples' numbers using nothing more than a JPG scan of a signature
> that looks like an illegible 150 dpi black and white blob, pasted in an
> image editor on top of a generic looking 'phone bill'.
>
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