Hungary and Luxembourg Suffer Wangiri Surges
Operators in the Telenor and Orange groups have been warning customers about wangiri.
US-Trained Spy Worked at Qatari Telco Before Spying for UAE
Lori Stroud, former colleague of Ed Snowden, began spying for the UAE shortly after reviewing IT security for Ooredoo.
Sonae IM Creates Research Lab with University
The division of Sonae which owns RAFM market leaders WeDo is putting money into scholarships for researchers working on cybersecurity, AI, and transactional technologies.
Disturbing Accounts of US-Trained Phone Spies Working for UAE
We all know electronic spies have sophisticated tools, but you may be shocked by the moral vacuity of the hired help.
10 Year Prison Sentence for US SIM Swapper; Another Indicted
Californian prosecutors will send a SIM swapper to prison whilst New York launches its first SIM swap prosecution.
Commsrisk Top Ten for January 2019
Did you miss a big industry story? These were the ten most popular Commsrisk articles during January.
What Do We Do with Huawei?
A US indictment accuses Huawei of literally stealing a robot arm from T-Mobile. The risks of doing business with Huawei are widely known, so why does much of our industry ignore them?
RAG’s Inaugural Middle East Event Wows Bahrain
There were two full days of content at the Risk & Assurance Group conference hosted by Batelco last week.
A Quarter of Americans Stream Video from a Different Household’s Account
Cartesian surveyed US consumers about the sharing of passwords for internet video streaming services.
Women’s Website Blames Facebook Quizzes for SIM Swaps
A lousy journalist pieced together half-truths about social media and privacy in the hope of sustaining the UK’s SIM swap panic.