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Freezing Your Mobile Account

64 min • 14 juli 2025

Your cell phone number uniquely identifies you. Many companies rely on this 1-to-1 relationship to authenticate you to their systems. So if someone were to somehow manage to steal your mobile phone number – a hack called SIM swapping – they could use that to impersonate you and compromise any of your accounts that are validated via SMS or phone call. There’s a new tool to combat this scam that’s better than the old-style account PIN codes. I’ll explain how it works.

In the news: many Brother printers have serious cyber vulnerabilities; Belkin in abandoning Wemo smart devices next January; Xfinity’s WiFi routers can detect motion in your entire home; Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK; California is using drones to catch the use of illegal fireworks; McDonald’s AI hiring bot was hacked to expose millions of applicants’ data; Mexican drug cartel hacked FBI phone to catch informants; US strikes blow against North Korean fake worker scams; Denmark is looking to ditch Microsoft products.

Article Links

  1. New Vulnerabilities Expose Millions of Brother Printers to Hacking https://www.securityweek.com/new-vulnerabilities-expose-millions-of-brother-printers-to-hacking/ 
  2. Belkin pulls the plug on Wemo smart home products which will stop working in 2026 https://9to5google.com/2025/07/10/belkin-wemo-smart-home-shutdown-list/ 
  3. Using WiFi Motion in the Xfinity app https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/wifi-motion 
  4. Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK https://www.theverge.com/news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act 
  5. Huge fines coming for Californians caught by drone with illegal fireworks https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-drones-illegal-fireworks-20629637.php 
  6. McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data https://www.wired.com/story/mcdonalds-ai-hiring-chat-bot-paradoxai/ 
  7. Drug cartel hacked FBI official’s phone to track and kill informants https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/mexican-drug-cartel-hacked-fbi-officials-phone-to-track-informant-report-says/ 
  8. Identities of More Than 80 Americans Stolen for North Korean IT Worker Scams https://www.wired.com/story/identities-of-80-plus-americans-stolen-for-north-korean-it-worker-scams/ 
  9. Why Denmark is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for LibreOffice and Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-denmark-is-dumping-microsoft-office-and-windows-for-libreoffice-and-linux/ 
  10. Tip of the Week: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/freezing-your-mobile-account/ 

Further Info

Table of Contents

  • 0:00:00: Intro
  • 0:00:17: DEF CON coming up fast
  • 0:03:34: News preview
  • 0:06:31: New Vulnerabilities Expose Millions of Brother Printers to Hacking
  • 0:11:51: Belkin pulls the plug on Wemo smart home products
  • 0:14:25: Using WiFi Motion in the Xfinity app
  • 0:21:19: Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
  • 0:26:49: Huge fines coming for Californians caught by drone with illegal fireworks
  • 0:29:36: McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data
  • 0:35:31: Drug cartel hacked FBI official’s phone to track and kill informants
  • 0:39:54: Identities of More Than 80 Americans Stolen for North Korean IT Worker Scams
  • 0:48:33: Why Denmark is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for LibreOffice and Linux
  • 0:55:48: Tip of the Week
  • 1:01:37: Merch reminder
  • 1:02:12: Patron podcast preview
  • 1:02:45: Looking ahead

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