RAG TV: Colin Yates on IRSF and Europol
Why are so few telco fraudsters punished? Is it sufficient to block the top ten IRSF destinations? Does RA suffer a lack of innovation? These and other questions were covered in this week’s episode.
COVID-19, Privacy and Telecoms: A Round-Up
From satellite tracking to CDR data to contact-tracing apps, many mechanisms are being used to monitor people’s movements. This raises concerns about the balance between health and privacy.
Telecoms Risk Community Comes Together for First Virtual Conference
RAG Online will bring together live speakers from Australia to the USA and many countries between on May 13th and 14th.
US Threatens to Bar Four Chinese Telcos on Security Grounds
Subsidiaries of China Telecom and China Unicom are amongst the telcos whose US operating authorization may be revoked.
Watching the Watchers: Auditors Give Bad Review of Tanzanian Telecoms Regulator
TCRA is tasked to monitor telco revenues but is failing per a report by Tanzania’s Controller and Auditor General, Charles Kichere.
RAG TV: SIP, Signals, Fraud, Robocalls and Politics
Arnd Baranowski, Oculeus CEO, was the guest of RAG TV for a wide-ranging and topical discussion about the way IP networks have altered the fraud landscape and the mitigation of risks.
The Prison Journal of an Innocent Man Accused of Fraud: Conclusion
This serial ends with Joseph deciding he cannot fight a government that perfects extortion under the guise of fighting corruption.
Zimbabwe Telco Insiders Accused of Using Mobile Money to Steal $69k
An employee of Econet created a SIM for a merchant account so he could use it to make payments to bogus agents.
Some RAFM Vendors Should Be Excluded
Collaboration will only deliver lasting results if we exclude the bad to protect the good.
US Sets Deadline for Telcos to Use STIR/SHAKEN
The IP network of every US telco must follow the protocol for authenticating caller IDs by 30th June 2021. There are estimates that some telcos will incur up-front costs of over $10mn.