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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?
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  • 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
> 2021 August

Australia Blocked 214mn Scam Calls in 9 Months

By Eric Priezkalns 31 Aug 2021 Risk, Fraud & Security

Paul Fletcher MP, the Australian Minister for Communications, says the rising number of blocked calls is proof that the country’s anti-scam strategy is working.


Money Launderer Admits to Operating $311mn Bitcoin Mixer for Darknet Businesses

By Eric Priezkalns 30 Aug 2021 Digital Money

Larry Harmon’s ‘Helix’ mixer obscured the origins of cryptocurrency earned by drug dealers and other illegal enterprises.


Robocalling Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists Threatened with $5mn FCC Fine

By Eric Priezkalns 27 Aug 2021 Nuisance & Spam

Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl used robocalls to suppress the vote in the US 2020 elections by lying about the use of voter data.


Mobile Money Fraudsters to Be Blocked by All Ghana’s Networks

By Eric Priezkalns 26 Aug 2021 Digital Money

MTN Ghana CEO Selorm Adadevoh says financial cybercrime is a national security threat but not all agree with his anti-fraud policies.


Cloudflare Stops Huge DDoS Attack That Made 17mn Requests per Second

By Eric Priezkalns 25 Aug 2021 Risk, Fraud & Security

The content distribution and security business said the attack was three times greater than any previously reported.


Russian Submarine Cable Spy Ship Loitering Off Ireland

By Eric Priezkalns 24 Aug 2021 Cold War 2

The Russian military operates ships equipped with submersibles and remotely operated drones that pose a threat to transatlantic communications.


Arbitrary Decisions Undermine Social Networks

By Eric Priezkalns 23 Aug 2021 General

Businesses come under political fire when they lose popular support. The increase in hostility to social networks has been both rapid and ironic.


T-Mobile US Data Breach Affects Over 40mn People

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Aug 2021 Privacy & Intellectual Property

The mobile operator said hackers had compromised data for 7.8mn postpaid customers, 850,000 prepaid customers, and 40mn records for former or prospective customers.


Why a $600mn Crypto Heist Is Bad News for Telcos and Banks

By Eric Priezkalns 19 Aug 2021 Digital Money

Public ledgers mean criminals can take cryptocurrency without revealing who they are, but everyone can still see where it went.


Huawei Accused of Using ‘Backdoor’ to Spy on Pakistan

By Eric Priezkalns 18 Aug 2021 Privacy & Intellectual Property

A US business filed court documents claiming they created a data exchange system for the Lahore police only for Huawei to demand remote access from China.


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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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