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  • 20 Apr 2018 | RAFM Firms Named in Stratecast ‘Top 10 to Watch’
  • 19 Apr 2018 | German Court Says Google Cannot Hide Behind Algorithms
  • 18 Apr 2018 | Social Media Tax in Uganda
  • 17 Apr 2018 | TMF Publishes RA Survey Results
  • 16 Apr 2018 | Luke Taylor Interview: Why We Need a New Awards Body
  • 13 Apr 2018 | Clean Energy, Dirty Government Mentality
  • 12 Apr 2018 | Review of the Udacity Data Analyst Nanodegree
  • 11 Apr 2018 | Governments + Telecoms Data = Utopia?
  • 10 Apr 2018 | Comcast Story Shows Lasting Reputation Damage
  • 9 Apr 2018 | US Takes Action to Stop Robocall Scams
> 2017 November

Who Commits Fraud: Toerags or Terrorists?

By Eric Priezkalns 30 Nov 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

Two different stories about the beneficiaries of fraud reveal how little is really known by either telcos or law enforcement.


Big Data Machine Learning: Telco Fraud Detection Points the Way

By Padraig Stapleton 29 Nov 2017 Data & Analytics

Telcos are turning to unsupervised machine learning to identify new and increasingly complex patterns of criminal behavior.


Ghana Police Says Telco Staff Engage in Mobile Money Fraud

By Eric Priezkalns 28 Nov 2017 Digital Payments

The Director of Ghana’s Cyber Crime Unit says fraudsters have attempted to defraud half of the country’s mobile money users.


TM Forum Extends Deadline for RA Survey

By Rene Felber 27 Nov 2017 Assurance & Audit

Telcos have until December 8th to respond.


Biometrics and MTN: A World of Possibilities

By Joseph Nderitu 24 Nov 2017 Digital Payments

The South African telco will authenticate postpaid subscribers by deploying fingerprint technology in all of their stores.


5 Great Things That RAG Will Never Do

By Eric Priezkalns 23 Nov 2017 Education & Conferences

Attendees of RAG conferences all receive a free lunch, but there are no free lunches in business. RAG works the numbers so you meet more top professionals, but fewer salesmen.


How Will the eSim Impact Fraud Management?

By Carlos Marques 22 Nov 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

Embedded SIMs will counter some traditional fraud threats whilst creating new kinds of opportunities for ingenious hackers.


Kodi Proven to Lower Your Sperm Count

By Eric Priezkalns 21 Nov 2017 Privacy & Intellectual Property

Journalists and former police officers are helping each other to mislead the public about an easily disputed connection between copyright-infringing software and equipment safety.


Cox Communications VP Pleads Guilty to Multimillion Dollar Fraud

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Nov 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

Former marketing exec Janet West told her assistant to purchase fictitious services using the assistant’s corporate credit card.


Greed, Stupidity, Lies, and Telcos

By Eric Priezkalns 17 Nov 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

The successful conviction of a criminal gang should be taken as confirmation of how stupid people really are.


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