Yearly Archives: 2021
Phone Scammers Take $33mn from 90 Year Old Woman
A 90 year old Hong Kong woman was duped by fraudsters who claimed to be investigating a crime.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Wangiri but Were Afraid to Ask
Examining a year's worth of data from the RAG Wangiri Blockchain reveals the apparent source and destination of most wangiri attacks.
Subex Rated 15th Best Indian Firm for Data Scientists
The Indian RAFM, security and analytics vendor scored highly because their data science team had seen rapid growth whilst maintaining low rates of absenteeism.
Wangiri Warnings in Bulgaria, Ireland and Norway
The round-up of wangiri information made public in the last three months includes a typically exotic list of apparent sources including the Maldives, Tunisia and North Korea.
American Lawyers Turn Anti-Robocall Law Into Hot Steaming Mess
Do not blame Sonia Sotomayor and the Supreme Court of the United States for correctly reading an ineptly written law.
Only 1 in 5 Mobile Operators Believe GSMA/3GPP Security Guidelines Cover All Signaling Threats
The Cellusys-Kaleido signaling security survey contains many other statistics that will trouble risk managers and ordinary phone users.
RAG Learning Celebrates Third Birthday and Offers New Course on Roaming SMS Fraud
Günter Haberkorn of Deutsche Telekom gave the gift of a great presentation that RAG turned into a new training course.
Why Closing the Digital Divide with Smart Credit and Smart Security Is Good for Everybody
Trustonic CEO Dion Price told RAG TV about people being denied credit for a smartphone when they can obtain it for other products.
Last Chance to Benchmark Your Leakage Coverage
Broaden your revenue assurance horizons by understanding which leakage points are addressed by comms providers who are one or two steps ahead of you.
A Brief Guide to the Digital Divide
The cost of internet access is still too high for millions of people, but the cost of not having access is also high.
Canada Postpones STIR/SHAKEN Deadline Yet Again
Continued 'technical and policy issues' means the Canadian regulator has delayed the mandatory adoption of the new call authentication technology by a total of 32 months.
Mobile Money APIs, Society and Risk
Commsrisk writer and leading mobile money consultant Joseph Nderitu brought risk into clear focus as he explained the extent to which other businesses now depend on mobile money providers.
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