{"id":9212,"date":"2020-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/insights\/sim-swap-attacks-why-its-time-to-review-your-crypto-security"},"modified":"2023-11-27T12:43:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T23:43:47","slug":"sim-swap-attacks-why-its-time-to-review-your-crypto-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/insights\/sim-swap-attacks-why-its-time-to-review-your-crypto-security","title":{"rendered":"Sim Swap Attacks – Why it’s time to review your crypto security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest:<\/h2>\n

Haseeb Awan<\/p>\n

Why you should listen:<\/h2>\n

Haseeb has a background in Telecom Engineering. After being targeted by a sim swapper he looked at the weaknesses in existing mobile operators. He then designed a secure solution for his personal use. After growing interest from his network, Haseen founded efani, the most secure, private mobile operator in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The potential ROI for sim-swap attackers is massive. Crypto is an attractive target that can be turned into dollars. The sim-swap attack is easy to execute and doesn\u2019t require coding skills.<\/p>\n

Once an attacker has control of a phone account, they are often able to gain access to a victim\u2019s email account, Google Drive, passwords and more.<\/p>\n

Key takeaway:<\/h2>\n

With crypto prices tracking up, it\u2019s an excellent time to review your security practices. If prices continue to rise more bad actors will be incentivized to target crypto holders.<\/p>\n

Mobile phone support staff are underpaid and overworked and are not well trained against sophisticated social engineering attacks. All of the information an attacker needs to know to begin a social engineering attack can be purchased on the dark web.<\/p>\n

efani will transfer your existing number to efani and separate your personal information from your telephone number. Efani enforces 11-layers of military-grade client-side integrity, privacy and authentication protection.<\/p>\n

Efani is not for everyone, the company is a boutique solution for those who understand the value of privacy and security.<\/p>\n

Supporting links:<\/h2>\n

Leverj<\/a><\/p>\n

Efani<\/a><\/p>\n

Haseeb on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Andy on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Brave New Coin on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Brave New Coin<\/a><\/p>\n

If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Leverj<\/a> – the decentralized self custodial spot and futures exchange with up to 100x leverage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Haseeb Awan is a cellphone security expert and the CEO of efani – America’s most secure & private cellphone service. Haseeb was the creator of the 1st Bitcoin ATM in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":9213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[826,1468,1467,1466],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewcoin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}