Risky Biz News: New Scattered Spider group targets telcos for SIM swapping attacks

12/07/22 • 9 min

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A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and presented by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast click here.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and presented by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast click here.

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