Protect Yourself: Social Engineering Fuels SIM Swapping Attacks

Group-IB outlines how SIM swapping fraud persists through phishing and social engineering to gather victim PII, submit remote SIM swap/port-out/eSIM requests via carrier apps, and bypass carrier or government e-verification by manipulating victims; once the number is taken over, attackers intercept SMS 2FA to execute unauthorized transactions, underscoring the importance of user awareness and controls against social engineering.