The Security box, ppodcast 66: Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&TT, Oh My!

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Welcome to the Security Box, podcast 66. Is 66 a lucky number? T-Mobile and Verizon are in the news with Spam messages, AT&T is in the mix as well in passing, Google is getting in the mix with two-factor authentication on more accounts, as well as news, notes and more.

Topics

• Verizon subscribers are the target of a phishing expedition; do not respond to this text message Phone Arena
• T-Mobile customers are receiving spam texts possibly related to August's data breach Phone Arena

NCSAM

• Google will enable two-step verification by default on 150 million accounts before year's end Phone Arena

News Notes read from around the landscape

The following are links to stories that have been read from across the landscape. In October, we do news notes live so that you, the listener, can get a benefit of this being a discussion. If you like the way this is being done, please let us know and I may do it full time.

• How Coinbase Phishers Steal One-Time Passwords Krebs On Security
• Some versions of Android share users' personal data with no chance to opt-out Phone Arena
• US gov’t will slap contractors with civil lawsuits for hiding breaches Ars Technica
• Millionaire Twitch streamers react to their leaked earnings Ars Technica

Hope you all enjoy the program, and thanks for listening!