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SIM swap attacks allow hackers to steal someone's phone number and break into any online account connected to that number, usually by tricking a carrier's customer support.

The good news is it's easy to lock down your phone number and takes just a minute or two.

By me, at TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/how-to-protect-your-cell-phone-number-from-sim-swap-attacks/

How to protect your cell phone number from SIM swap attacks | TechCrunch

These carrier security settings can prevent your phone number from being hijacked or stolen.

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hayden aiken 🇺🇲6d ago

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Matthew Garrett Jul 7

Seriously, blog as much as you want, give as many conference talks as you want, changing the industry is done by giving a requirements list to 5 competing vendors

hayden aiken 🇺🇲Jul 4

Happy Independence Day to everyone who knows what we declared our independence from 👊🇺🇸🔥 #July4th

hayden aiken 🇺🇲Jun 20

evacide Jun 20

Government internet shutdowns are quite common to silence dissent, but I think this is the first time that a government has shut down the internet in its own country as a defensive measure against cyberattacks.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/20/irans-government-says-it-shut-down-internet-to-protect-against-cyberattacks/

Iran's government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks | TechCrunch

The government cited the recent hacks on Bank Sepah and cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex as reasons to shut down internet access to virtually all Iranians.

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hayden aiken 🇺🇲Jun 19

Like when you're looking for a snack and by the third time you open the fridge that hummus in the back is starting to seem acceptable.

hayden aiken 🇺🇲Jun 19

I have a scrolling™ problem and recently uninstalled my distraction apps (ig, fb, reddit). Left YouTube on. Because YouTube shorts are pretty trash. Expectation: scroll less because super low quality. Reality: standards lowered

hayden aiken 🇺🇲Jun 17

Meredith Whittaker Jun 16

Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3

hayden aiken 🇺🇲Mar 12

What's the meta on #infosec mastodon over the past year? Who are the best and most interesting people to follow? I'm still missing something that made my birdapp feed great.

hayden aiken 🇺🇲Sep 26, 2024

@cloudflare idk if anyone is watching this account lol but I'm getting 500 errors on my DoH connection on my #cloudflare gateway. There's some chatter on twitter and downdetector too.

hayden aiken 🇺🇲Jul 10, 2024

SwiftOnSecurity Jul 10, 2024

One of the biggest security expertise redpills is this is unironically a good idea and the time spent making fun of it was ill-advised for most users whose physical security threat is not a factor in comparison.

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