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> 2019 March

Report Says Robocalls Have Risen Globally by 325%

By Marianne Curphey 29 Mar 2019 Nuisance & Spam

Anti-robocall firm Hiya says there has been an alarming rise in robocalls, but some of their numbers should be treated with caution.


Customer Takes T-Mobile US to Court After Scammer Threatens Family

By Marianne Curphey 28 Mar 2019 Risk, Fraud & Security

The telco is being sued for not blocking threatening calls where the originating number was shown as ‘0000’.


Heavy Hitters Feature in First Draft Agendas for RAG’s Bonn and Toronto Conferences

By Eric Priezkalns 27 Mar 2019 Education & Conferences

With almost three months before they begin, RAG has already confirmed some of the best-known speakers for their events.


17 Years of Prison for UK TV Pirates; Spanish Police Leads ‘Big Hit’ on Euro Pirate Servers

By Eric Priezkalns 26 Mar 2019 Privacy & Intellectual Property

Copyright infringement is not a victimless crime, and the heavy hand of the law is being used to keep it in check.


AT&T and Comcast Connect SHAKEN/STIR Call across Their Networks

By Eric Priezkalns 25 Mar 2019 Risk, Fraud & Security

The US telcos were able to authenticate the digital signature that proves the source of a call that originated on another network.


US Utilities Still Email Plain Text Passwords to Customers

By Marianne Curphey 22 Mar 2019 General

Millions of Americans may be putting themselves at risk by asking utilities to email the passwords for their accounts.


Why Is Africa in Love with GVG’s RA Audits?

By Eric Priezkalns 21 Mar 2019 Assurance & Audit

The corruption of African journalism has consequences for the regulation of telecoms providers.


Making Cryptocurrency Secure

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Mar 2019 Digital Money

There are ways to improve the security surrounding of cryptocurrency, but legislators cannot fathom them.


TUFF Issues Apology for Commsrisk Copyright Breach

By Eric Priezkalns 19 Mar 2019 Privacy & Intellectual Property

The Telecommunications UK Fraud Forum (TUFF) has promised to cover intellectual property rights in future versions of their training courses.


Why RAG Will Not Hold a London Conference in 2019

By Eric Priezkalns 18 Mar 2019 Education & Conferences

After successful conferences in 2016, 2017 and 2018, many think RAG should return to London in 2019. Here are the reasons to hold RAG’s European conference in Bonn instead.


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Our most recent episode tackled the thorny issue of nuisance robocalls and call authentication from several different perspectives. The guests were robocall researcher Sathik Prasad, network engineering veteran Pierce Gorman and Feng Hao, Professor of Security Engineering at Warwick University.

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