OWASP/www-community

sim swapping

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#103 opened on Apr 6, 2020

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Description

I read more and more articles about the dangers of sim swapping. Would be nice to have some guidelines on how to prevent such attacks.

Example article https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pke9zk/paypal-and-venmo-are-letting-sim-swappers-hijack-accounts

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Research direction
Research SIM swapping attacks and compile guidelines for prevention such as using SIM PINs, carrier security features, and avoiding SMS based 2FA.
Tech stack
None
Domain
security
Issue type
Documentation
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
security awareness
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60