#sim spoofing

[network-security-concepts]

How to Protect Your Phone From a SIM Spoofing Attack

Protecting your phone against SIM spoofing attacks requires taking several precautions. Attackers use SIM spoofing (SIM swapping or SIM hijacking) to take over your phone number and access accounts or sensitive information stored there. Here are some steps you can take to secure yourself:

Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): Instead of relying solely on SMS-based two-factor authentication methods, consider employing app- or hardware-based two-factor authentication methods. Google Authenticator apps or hardware security keys offer more secure verification options.

Connect With Your Mobile Service Provider: Speak to your mobile service provider about adding additional security measures such as PIN or password to protect against SIM swaps and SIM cloning. This could prevent fraudulent SIM swapping.

Apply a Strong PIN/Password: It is wise to set a strong PIN or password for your mobile service provider account, avoiding easily guessable information such as birthdate or sequential numbers that might make guessing more likely.

Take Care with Personal Information: Be wary about sharing personal data such as your phone number or account details with unknown individuals, particularly on social media platforms or public forums.

Monitor Your Accounts: Monitor all your bank, email, and other critical online accounts regularly for suspicious activity and report any unauthorized access immediately to their respective service providers.

Be Wary of Phishing Attempts: Be mindful of any attempts at phishing through emails, texts, or phone calls. Do not click suspicious links or provide personal data unless sure about its source and legitimacy.

Password Security: Take Care in Generating Complex Passwords: For security, create strong and unique passwords for each account you access online - email, social media, and financial. Use a password manager for secure storage and generation of complex passwords.

Maintain Software Updates: Keeping software current can protect against potential vulnerabilities; therefore, it's advisable to upgrade both operating systems and applications on your phone regularly. Many updates also contain security patches that will protect against any known exploits.

Engage Biometric Authentication: When available, use biometric authentication methods such as fingerprint or face recognition to secure your phone and add another layer of security should your SIM be compromised.

Encrypt Your Phone to Safeguard Data: Activating encryption can protect the information stored on your phone from being exposed in case of unapproved access; deciphering encrypted communication will be more challenging for third parties than decrypted files.

Stay Informed: Stay aware of the latest security threats and techniques used by attackers, particularly SIM spoofing risks, to take measures necessary to safeguard both your phone and personal information.

Although these steps can help minimize SIM spoofing risks, it remains vitally important that users stay alert and practice caution when using their phones or sharing personal information online.

I recommend visiting NIST or Zimperium's Glossary to learn more about Mobile Security.

[secondtryatablog]

I decided to do a redraw to help motivate me (it did help, trust) So have an estimated 3 years of growth with Sora! My god do I need to work on clothes <3

[uplayr94]

@simgm’s iconic Soda Drama video is already over 10 years old now, and I couldn’t resist turning it into a Sims 4 video with Mason Mount, Declan Rice and Kai Havertz with an EAFC 24 rating meme lol

[netscapenavigator-official]

I wanted my Sim to be an author as a hobby, so right now he’s writing a knock off Nancy Drew series which I’ve named Mandy Wrote.

[thelastfriendly]

The US government works hard but Nerds work harder, lmao

[violayves]

i really wish the sims did a world for the seasons expansion, maybe Sweden or Alaska themed? It would be awesome to include the midnight sun in the summer and the complete darkness in the winter.

[annabelle--cane]

I've gotten seven or eight asks from this same person over the space of months, some calling me pretentious and self-aggrandizing, which is fair because I am, but the real thing they seem concerned about is calling me ableist towards addicts and like. why of all the things would you say That. when I am so public about that being not the case. well actually that's a rhetorical question, it's pretty clearly because they don't like my fucking. takes about fictional character jonathan "jon" sims | the archivist. but surely that's not enough of a motive to keep ip spoofing to send me Vaguely Annoying anonymous asks on tumblr dot edu.

[luthsthings]

NEW: Malware threat via text files with links

[April 7, 2024]

Do NOT download or follow links from these fake mods:

    “S4 CAS Tools” on Nexus from user fubruss

    “Loading Screen Randomizer” on Nexus from user fubruss

    anything else from the Nexus user fubruss.

These are NOT the Sims mods they claim to be. They are text files with links leading to malware.

No legitimate mod download will EVER consist of only a text file (a file ending in .txt).  Be alert for other versions of this way of spreading malware.

If you downloaded either of these, delete them NOW and run a virus scan. NOTE: This malware does NOT require that you run the game for it to install itself, and is not what ModGuard is designed to detect and stop.

This is also another case of mod-spoofing, using the names of legitimate mods. The legit mods are S4 CAS Tools by the late CmarNYC (Mod the Sims, dated 18 March 2023) and Loading Screen Randomizer by Tesuto (Mod the Sims, dated 9 January 2024). 

Much gratitude to Tumblr Simmer 1-800-cuupid!

[crazy-hazy-sims]

OKAY so im not about to be petty over internet safety advice but sims community's post on the sfs thing feels like they summarized my post hello ajdhjdvkv

like read this...

Always remember that Sims 4 custom content files should only have the .package or .ts4script extensions. Never download or run .exe files, and ideally avoid automatically unpacking ZIP or RAR files directly into your Mods folder. Instead, inspect each file individually to ensure it’s safe. Always verify that you are downloading from official, creator-posted links, and avoid suspicious URLs, especially those using link shorteners. It’s also important to stay on top of security hygiene. As well as regular antivirus scans and the ModGuard mod mentioned above, consider setting up a weekly system restore point in Windows before adding new mods and back up your important files regularly. this includes Sims saves, mods, and any personal documents. If you use services like Google or Firefox, take advantage of features that scan for password breaches, enable two-factor authentication, and routinely check logged-in sessions across your accounts. Lastly, for both creators and players: be mindful and cautious. Don’t rush to download every new mod or piece of CC, take a moment to ask yourself if you actually need it. For creators, regularly monitor your files and hosting platforms to ensure nothing has been tampered with. These precautions might not guarantee 100% protection, but staying vigilant and informed will greatly reduce your risk of encountering malicious content.

HELLO???? svlhlfkbvnm

feels like they put my post through chat gpt to summarize it

okay "notthatsophie" if you cant do a simple google search to get internet safety rules and have to spoof a tumblr post....that speaks volumes about you tbh

man this is why i dont leave tumblr cause the fucking moment i leave i find my shit plagiarized like we are in highschool or something

god this is the funniest thing that happened to me dzvjcnvklm

whatever man if it gets people to be more cautious i guess

[murfeelee]

Things INZOI did better than SIMS 4 - TheRedPlumbob

I played inZOI all weekend (my Live Mode thoughts coming... eventually; IRL’s way too hectic atm), and I can confirm that every bit of this video is very accurate (except the decor animals bit, kinda sorta). But ofc we been knew TS4′s a effing joke, even being 10+ years old now.

I agree with TRP that inZOI’s biggest pro is that it’s wide open for possibilities, esp. since it launched with more basegame features than TS4 (AND TS3, lest we forget).

But my biggest worry for Krafton is that they’ll RUSH tryna catch up to The Sims (a franchise with a 20-year head start), and give us more features, sure--but with even less replayability, variety, and DEPTH than EA managed. Yeah, you can do A LOT in inZOI (plenty of things The Sims NEVER let us do, esp. not  at launch). And yes, these features are better than TS4. But TS4′s dog trash, too long in the tooth and having by far exceeded its welcome. 

TS4 should NEVER be the barometer of a genuinely GOOD game.

This all boils down to style vs substance: how much there is for different sims/zois TO DO, and for how long before things get too repetitive/boring.

So I also agree that inZOI’s biggest con is that there’s a *charm* to The Sims that’s very hard to beat. 

And I think that’s cuz The Sims franchise was never meant to take itself too seriously--a lot of it was supposed to spoof IRL, not be a 1:1 carbon copy (which is precisely why I always get mad when people complain about Occults like ghosts & aliens & vampires being in the game, like stfu, TS1 was a frikkin cartoon--the unhinged cartoons they made back in the day that were never meant for kids. 👀 TS4 is hella cartoonish--looking more & more goofy every dang day as it tries to appeal to younger & younger demographics--which was a mistake, as it’s been censoring itself & softening what made The Sims EDGY). 

Conversely, inZOI feels made for adults, not kids--but boring AF conservative millennials who wouldn’t know edgy if it hit them with a bus IMHO. inZOI is playing it WAY too safe, to the point that it feels GENERIC. It needs a personality, stat. But I can already tell from its conservative-leaning limitations that Krafton’s scared to go in directions The Sims did that made the game truly interesting & dynamic.

I have a whole rant about inZOI my spirit’s sitting on, cuz it really pissed me off, but IRL has delayed me finishing my post. This is me actually holding back, cuz I legit don’t have time. But I hope that Krafton takes the MOUNTAIN of complaints & feedback it’s been getting to open the game up more, flesh out the world(s), and get the stick out of its arse ASAP (no pun intended). This beta’s great, and inZOI definitely has good bones to work with, which ofc is more than TS4 could say at launch--which we’ve all been paying for ever since (10+ years and no cars, ffs). But eff these surface-level features, if deeper gameplay like careers, hobbies, romance, family interactions, and cultural variety aren’t up to the standards set by TS1, TS2, and TS3. Time will tell. But I’m cautiously optimistic.

[moonphuzz]

You stole my idea! /lh /j

But i always wanted to make a dating sim with the bad apples. I always thought I was most compatible with either Nightmare or Shark. Mostly cause im a horror artist and horror novelist. That and Shark and I share red as our favorite colors. Do you think you'll make a spoof quiz or something to see what character you're most compatible with?

Actually I already have!! It was requested in the discord server last year at some point I believe.

I actually have no clue if it still works and the character pictures/descriptions may be outdated (the pictures DEFINITELY are they’ve been redesigned since) but here’s the link!

[robo-milky]

i couldn’t stop thinking abt rpg!shin soooooo….. have a visualnovel!cloche 🐾

i only have experience with making visual novel games so i thought it would be fitting to draw cloche in a dating sim style! hope you like it ☺️☺️ i rlly enjoyed drawing her she is so cute!!

HHHDHFHDHDHDHHDHD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS??? YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE OMGGGG— I LOVE THE SPRITE YOU DID OF HER AND THE VN SPOOF TOO- IM LOSING IT- Seriously the UI design is so cute and the fact you even got the coffin icon up there too?? The details my gosh- Like you have no idea how much I screamed when I first saw this in my inbox 😭😭 Unfortunately if Cloche was in a VN, it’s either something super cursed like Sch*ol D*ys— or maybe she’d be one of those ultra hard love interests where you get locked out of her route completely if you press the wrong option somewhere in the prologue- (or maybe she pulls a DDLC Monika)

Pls RPG!Shin with a lil detective hat and pipe that they’d put dry ice in or smth-

[katsukikitten]

Hacker Denki's fav way to get into any system is usually by social engineering and phishing. He has SOOOO much fun making fake emails or pretending to be someone else in order to get some information. He has a silver tongue you know, can sweet talk anyone into anything over the phone. Once he got the entire server key code and serial model thanks to a helpful security guard who thought Denki was head of IT. It made his life real easy.

He has at least four burner phones on him at a time and is constantly looking at his boss's long list of potential targets. Sometimes it can take a few months before someone takes the bait and other times it's his first phone call and he can sit in the system for months. Collect data as if it were gold and store it all on one of his many neatly labeled external hard drives. Although his system is meant to be understood by his brain only to ensure his safety, not that his new boss, you, would ever do anything to harm him.

After scrolling socials or gleaming information from open windows, or an initial phishing to get in, he can study the institutions processes and systems. What they use and how it looks, snag a couple screen shots that he can eventually manipulate into a very neat page that looks like a carbon copy. He can get an IT person's name and spoof their email to send out the "update" or if he was lucky he can send the update directly to his target who will easily log in and give Denki his user and password, not to mention how he authenticates, which will be easy once he knows what app they use and of course he has their cell phone number by now.

All while he has Sims running in the background on one of his many laptops.

[holocene-sims]

oc questionnaire tag

here i am, trying my best to catch up on tag games 😭😭 i have no idea who tagged me in this one anymore because this went around so long ago, and after scrolling through three months worth of notifications, i don't know if i found everyone who tagged me, but i do 100% remember @stargazer-sims @dandylion240 & @jonquilyst tagging me!

BASICALLY thank you so much to everyone who tagged me, and i'm so sorry if i missed acknowledging you here because i am pretty sure i did miss folks! but anyway, i'll tag in return:

@windermeresimblr @slightly-ludic @nikatyler @swallowprettybird @changingplumbob @vercosims @sertrallne @nectar-cellar @sparkiekong @papermint-airplane

NAME: bae yunha (배윤하)

NICKNAMES: yun, yunie, princess pear (배공주) 🍐

bonus fact: princess pear is spoofing off her name and the translation of princess peach (피치공주), who is yunha's main/ favorite character in mario kart! as for the name thing, yunha's last name doesn't mean pear, but the word for pear is pronounced and spelled the same exact way as her last name (배). so,,, the nickname is kind of princess bae, as in princess bae yunha, but it's also princess pear at the same time lol

GENDER: cis female

STAR SIGN: pisces ♓

HEIGHT: 5'5"

ORIENTATION: bisexual

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: korean 🇰🇷

FAVORITE FRUIT: peach 🍑

FAVORITE SEASON: winter 🎄

FAVORITE FLOWER: orchids 💜

FAVORITE SCENT: oddly specific but miss dior blooming bouquet perfume (it's her favorite perfume but she rations it out in the tiniest of portions because it's $$$$$) 💟

COFFEE, TEA, or HOT CHOCOLATE: all of the above! yunha doesn't discriminate against liquids, she just likes them in different contexts. she drinks coffee out of the house at coffee shops, tea at home (unless it's boba, at which point she'll buy it at a boba shop), and hot chocolate during winter, mostly if it's snowing ☕

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 10 😴 she likes her beauty sleep!

DOGS or CATS: cats! she likes both, but she prefers cats 🤍

DREAM TRIP: paris and/or france more generally! she's aware it's not, like, the romanticized place it's portrayed as in media, but she wants to go to see the museums and architecture, check out the cafes, and walk around the parks and whatnot

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: just one! she's always slept on the floor on a futon, and in her opinion, it's a bit much to have too many blankets when you're doing that because the blankets aren't really anchored onto anything, so if you have more than one, they start getting tangled and crawling off the mattress in multiple directions

RANDOM FACT: she has an uncanny ability to solve puzzles! she's the girlie you give the "solve the maze without lifting your pen off the paper" challenges, and she's proud to say she has never looked up a walkthrough for games like portal or the stone matching mini-games in skyrim 👑 part of the magic is definitely stubbornness btw. she will stare at the puzzle until it's either solved or the universe decays into oblivion, one or the other! she is otherwise not competitive, though; that attitude is quite literally reserved only for puzzles

[askseriousrainbow]

Alrighty, here we go! It's been a while, but I finally got it done. It's gonna be similar to last time, except I'm not doing a read more this time. Yeah, changed my mind. There's a read more now.

100. Shadow Warrior (1997) New Entry (Available on: Steam, GOG) Alright, disclaimer: this game is definitely a product of its time, spoofing bad kung fu movies, so it has some cringeworthy stereotyping, especially with Lo Wang, but Shadow Warrior brought some new ideas, such as secondary fire modes with weapons and controllable vehicles. I won't blame you for not playing this one, though.

99. Sid Meier's Covert Action New Entry (Available on: Steam, GOG) A thrilling tale of espionage, you control Max Remington (who can be either male or female) in a mix of genres. While it did coin the “Covert Action rule” for Sid Meier (“It's better to make one good game than two great games.”) it's still a fun time.

98. POSTAL 4: No Regerts Previous Rank: 91 (Available on: Steam, GOG) I know it's weird, but POSTAL 4 is a good game to me. It's not perfect, of course, it's a POSTAL game, there's gonna be some jank and some jokes that miss, but you have to remember: POSTAL knows it's a video game and acts appropriately. It's not for everyone, but I like it.

97. Half-Life 2 Previous Rank: 96 (Available on: Steam) Okay, so I didn't get raked over the coals for ranking HL2 low in my previous Top 100. It's a little lower than last time, but that's because there's so much new stuff in the list, and I still don't like Ravenholm.

96. You Don't Know Jack Volume 1 XL Previous Rank: 98 (Available on: Steam, Jackbox) While I love the original YDKJ for the host and the questions and the music, it's missing later additions like DisOrDats and other question types. It only has Gibberish Questions and Jack Attacks aside from the regular multiple-choice questions. It's still a good game.

95. Leisure Suit Larry 1: In The Land of the Lounge Lizards Previous Rank: 85 (Available on: GOG) The first LSL is short, but an enjoyable time where you have to help Larry; Larry Laffer find true love. Like last time, I'm lumping all three versions in one position because they're all basically the same game, just with slight puzzle adjustments across all three.

94. Serious Sam 2 Previous Rank: 89 (Available on: Steam) Serious Sam 2 is the wacky one, and it's still a good time. It's just as difficult, even though 2K tried to get Croteam to “kidify” it, for some reason. I'm glad Devolver took over publishing.

93. Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods Previous Rank: 40 (Available on: Steam, GOG, EA) Ah, Peter Molyneux before he was the butt of every Guru Larry joke. Believe it or not, he actually made some fun games, Populous II being one of them. It's an intuitive god game where you have to defeat your opponent by being more, well, populous.

92. Webfishing New Entry (Available on: Steam) Webfishing is a nice chill game where you fish with your friends on the web. Hence the name. I really like this one, it's a good time with friends.

91. The Sims 3 Previous Rank: 92 (Available on: Steam, EA) The Sims 3 brings an open world to the life simulator, and it's just a great game. It's not as detailed as The Sims 2, but it still brings a smile to my face. And Create-A-Style needs to come back, Sims 4 is lame.

Next part tomorrow!

Link to part 2. Link to part 3. Link to part 4. Link to part 5. Link to part 6. Link to part 7. Link to part 8. Link to part 9. Link to part 10.

[simstraffikcone]

Lovingly wrote an entire spoof fanfiction based off of @victoronnie's beautiful piece.

Savour the Metal on his Mouth - TraffikCone (Taeryfai) - The Sims (Video Games) [Archive of Our Own]

It's very good.