How SIM Swapping Attacks Lead to Account Takeovers

This report explains how SIM swapping is commonly used as an enabling technique for account takeover—allowing attackers to intercept SMS/voice codes, abuse password resets, impersonate users to help desks, and escalate into high-impact compromises—while emphasizing the time-sensitive nature of these attacks and recommending that SIM swap detection be integrated into SOC workflows; it also describes iVerify’s carrier-confirmed detection approach to shorten the attacker’s window and guide containment and investigation.