Monthly Archives: August, 2019

Google Claims that Blocking Cookies Is Bad for Privacy

Google has a cunning plan to 'enhance' your privacy by forcing you to accept cookies which rival browsers increasingly block.

Share Data, Not Opinions

We have the technology to share hard data about revenue assurance and fraud management, but we continue to spread subjective opinions instead.

TalkTalk Hacker Guilty of Aiding SIM Swaps; UK Policing of Cybercrime Proven Inept

A hardened 19 year old cybercriminal was only caught because the police searched his computer for sexual images.

12 US Telcos Form Anti-Robocall Alliance

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has persuaded the bulk of US telephony providers to adopt eight principles for stopping nuisance robocalls.

SIM Swapper Takes Over Accounts of Famous YouTubers

Internet personalities James Charles, Amanda Cerny and King Bach all blamed AT&T for losing control of their accounts.

There and Back: RAG Visits Africa, India, and the UK

The Risk & Assurance Group will hold free conferences in Johannesburg on October 1st and 2nd, Delhi on February 5th and 6th, and London on May 13th and 14th.

Do Crooks Own Your Wireless Service?

Brain Krebs is normally a decent researcher of cybersecurity topics, but he let himself down when launching a scattergun attack on US mobile providers.

Telia Defeats Royalties Collectors in Fight Over IPTV

The Finnish Market Court ruled that the ISP need not make payments to a collection society because their IPTV streams are original broadcasts, not retransmissions of over-the-air TV.

Huawei Engineers Caught Spying for Governments

A Wall Street Journal investigation says Huawei staff intercepted encrypted messages by opponents of Uganda's government, and helped Zambia's police to arrest opposition bloggers.

Indian Simboxers Arrested by Anti-Terror Police

The fraudsters provided cheap calls to Indian expats working in the Middle East. Their gang was led by Nazim Khan, a high school drop out who was also arrested for bypass fraud in 2017.

Kenya Power Punishes Customers for Internal Fraud

Customers of the Kenyan monopoly are being held to ransom after they unwittingly bought discounted prepaid tokens from crooked employees.

Big Tax Fraud Shows Lax Attitude to Trading Airtime

UK authorities barred a businessman from being a company director for 12 years after his firm contracted to trade GBP43mn (USD52mn) of airtime with a fraudulent enterprise.

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