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  • 20 Jan 2021 | World’s Largest Dark Web Market Taken Down
  • 19 Jan 2021 | Racist Robocaller Fined $9.9mn
  • 18 Jan 2021 | RAG and GSMA FASG Top Poll of Respected RAFM Collaborations; GRAPA and CFCA at Bottom
  • 15 Jan 2021 | US City Ends Public Use of Facial Recognition by Private Sector
  • 14 Jan 2021 | Data, Debt and Appreciating Loyal Customers
  • 13 Jan 2021 | Wake Up Sleepy Customers to Revive Profits
  • 12 Jan 2021 | Wangiri Warnings in Poland and Paraguay
  • 11 Jan 2021 | RAFM Collaboration: Who Do You Know and Who Do You Respect?
  • 8 Jan 2021 | Commsrisk Top Ten for 2020
  • 7 Jan 2021 | Great Start for RAG TV Season 3
> 2020 October

Europol Uses Video Game to Teach Investigators How to Request Data from Telcos

By Eric Priezkalns 30 Oct 2020 Education & Conferences

The ‘immersive’ game asks players to query foreign ISPs and social media platforms following a hypothetical terrorist attack.


Telco CEO Charged with Fraud after 10-Year Investigation

By Eric Priezkalns 29 Oct 2020 Risk, Fraud & Security

Shareholder representatives are standing by Juris Gulbis, CEO of Tet, after he was charged with overpaying EUR7.6mn for TV equipment.


T-Mobile Outage Caused 250mn Calls to Fail

By Eric Priezkalns 28 Oct 2020 Assurance & Audit

The FCC said a cascade of failures would have been prevented if T-Mobile USA had periodically audited the diversity of their networks.


China’s Threats Cannot Save Huawei from New Cold War

By Eric Priezkalns 27 Oct 2020 Privacy & Intellectual Property

Telcos that can legally purchase equipment from Huawei will still need to consider the strategic risks of using a supplier banned on security and privacy grounds by a growing number of countries.


SS7 Used to Hack Messages of 20 Cryptocurrency Execs

By Eric Priezkalns 26 Oct 2020 Digital Payments

Hackers took control of Telegram, Gmail and Yahoo accounts with the intention of tricking the victim’s business associates.


Nokia to Provide 4G Coverage on the Moon

By Eric Priezkalns 23 Oct 2020 General

NASA expects the mobile network technology will be more reliable and work at greater distances.


Taiwan Police Warns That Cheap Chinese Phones Have Scam Malware Preinstalled

By Eric Priezkalns 22 Oct 2020 Risk, Fraud & Security

Users are tricked into buying points for a game where fraudsters control the account and demand refunds from the game’s providers.


The 10 Commandments of Launching Mobile Money

By Joseph Nderitu 21 Oct 2020 Digital Payments

Our resident mobile money expert looks back at what he has learned during the 13 years since he first launched a mobile money service.


Subex Appoints New CTO

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Oct 2020 General

Suresh Chintada previously worked in senior software engineering roles for network equipment manufacturers CommScope and ARRIS.


From A to B: The 5 Reasons to Join a Community That Permanently Prevents Fraud

By Eric Priezkalns 19 Oct 2020 Risk, Fraud & Security

We can make many voice frauds impossible with a simple ‘handshake’ check between the A and B-party operators.


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World’s Largest Dark Web Market Taken Down


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Data, Debt and Appreciating Loyal Customers


Wake Up Sleepy Customers to Revive Profits


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RAFM Collaboration: Who Do You Know and Who Do You Respect?



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