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  • 30 May 2023 | ENISA Publishes 5G Security Controls Matrix
  • 29 May 2023 | Arguments in Brazil about STIR/SHAKEN
  • 26 May 2023 | Will AI-Powered Spam Filters Be Forced on Indian Telcos?
  • 25 May 2023 | Nation State Hacking, Pre-Installed Malware, Prison for Spoofer and Job Cuts: Commsrisk Show Episode 11
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  • 23 May 2023 | French President Macron Promises National Scam Block for SMS and Email
  • 22 May 2023 | 13 Years in Prison for Head of London Phone Spoofing Fraud Outfit
  • 19 May 2023 | Artificially Inflated Traffic from Bots Makes Spotify Remove Thousands of AI-Generated Songs
  • 18 May 2023 | Karsten Nohl on Cloud Hacking, Central Bank Ends SMS 2FA and Macron’s Filter: Commsrisk Show Episode 10
  • 17 May 2023 | Infobip and Sinch Failed to Stop Thousands of SMS Scam Messages, Says Aussie Regulator
> 2019 August

Google Claims that Blocking Cookies Is Bad for Privacy

By Eric Priezkalns 30 Aug 2019 Privacy & Intellectual Property

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


Share Data, Not Opinions

By Eric Priezkalns 29 Aug 2019 Data & Analytics

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

By Eric Priezkalns 28 Aug 2019 Risk, Fraud & Security

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

By Eric Priezkalns 27 Aug 2019 Risk, Fraud & Security

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

By Eric Priezkalns 26 Aug 2019 Risk, Fraud & Security

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

By Rob Chapman 23 Aug 2019 Education & Conferences

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?

By Eric Priezkalns 22 Aug 2019 General

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

By IPKat 21 Aug 2019 Privacy & Intellectual Property

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

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Aug 2019 Privacy & Intellectual Property

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

By Eric Priezkalns 19 Aug 2019 Risk, Fraud & Security

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.


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Replay Our Discussion Show from May 24

Join Commsrisk Editor Eric Priezkalns and his co-presenters every Wednesday at tv.commsrisk.com for live conversation involving risk experts from around the world of electronic communications.
The main theme for our latest episode was attacks on comms providers by nation states, with expert analysis provided by special guest Patrick Donegan of Hardenstance. The team also chatted about the 14-year prison sentence for the man who ran ‘iSpoof’ and the extent to which AI will cause job cuts in telcos.

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