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How to Protect Your Smartphone from SIM Swapping
- SIM swapping is one of the newer methods that allows cybercriminals to take control of your smartphone and break into your online accounts by directing cellular network traffic through a new SIM card.
- SIM swapping doesn’t require a cybercriminal to get access to your physical phone and steal your SIM card.
- The most glaring sign that your phone number was reassigned to a new SIM card is that your current phone no longer connects to the cell network.
- In the case of SIM swapping, the most secure way to access authentication codes is through authentication apps, versus emailed or texted codes.
- Phishing is a method cybercriminals use to fish for sensitive personal information that they can use to impersonate you or gain access to your financial accounts.
- Entrust your passwords and phrases to a secure password manager, which is included in McAfee+.
- McAfee, on average, detects suspicious activity ten months earlier than similar monitoring services.
- An identity protection partner can restore your confidence in your online activities.
- Choose random PIN codes that are not associated with birthdays, anniversaries, or addresses.
- Be wary of messages from people and organizations you don’t know, even if the sender looks familiar.
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