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Category: T-Mobile

  • SMS Phishers Pivot to Points, Taxes, Fake Retailers

    SMS Phishers Pivot to Points, Taxes, Fake Retailers China-based phishing groups blamed for non-stop scam SMS messages about a supposed wayward package or unpaid toll fee are promoting a new offering, just in time for the holiday shopping season: Phishing kits for mass-creating fake but convincing e-commerce websites that convert customer payment card data into…

  • DDoS Botnet Aisuru Blankets US ISPs in Record DDoS

    DDoS Botnet Aisuru Blankets US ISPs in Record DDoS The world’s largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, new evidence suggests. Experts say the heavy concentration of infected devices at U.S. providers is complicating…

  • Feds Tie ‘Scattered Spider’ Duo to $115M in Ransoms

    Feds Tie ‘Scattered Spider’ Duo to $115M in Ransoms U.S. prosecutors last week levied criminal hacking charges against 19-year-old U.K. national Thalha Jubair for allegedly being a core member of Scattered Spider, a prolific cybercrime group blamed for extorting at least $115 million in ransom payments from victims. The charges came as Jubair and an…

  • SIM-Swapper, Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years

    SIM-Swapper, Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years A 20-year-old Florida man at the center of a prolific cybercrime group known as “Scattered Spider” was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today, and ordered to pay roughly $13 million in restitution to victims. Noah Michael Urban of Palm Coast, Fla. pleaded guilty in April 2025…

  • Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

    Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass, MailChimp, Okta, T-Mobile and Twilio. A visual depiction of…