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> 2022 August

Academics Spread Misinformation about Misinformation on the Web

By Eric Priezkalns 31 Aug 2022 General

Cloudflare gets a lot of criticism but it is safer to trust their free speech policies than the slanted research of wannabe censors.


Bots Disguised as IoT Devices Make Fake TV Ad Traffic

By Eric Priezkalns 30 Aug 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

Fraudsters spoof devices to disguise how they inflate the number of views for video adverts. This is an iteration of the broadening threat of phoney online users generating faux traffic.


Why Is Network Hijacking Not Considered a Threat to National Security?

By Eric Priezkalns 29 Aug 2022 Cold War 2

Russia’s largest telco took internet traffic that should have gone to the largest US company but the response was muted.


NSO Group CEO Resigns; 100 Staff Will Be Cut

By Eric Priezkalns 26 Aug 2022 Privacy & Intellectual Property

The Israeli phone spyware company will reduce its headcount by one in seven as it struggles with multiple law suits.


EE Blocks up to a Million International Calls with Spoofed CLIs Each Day

By Eric Priezkalns 25 Aug 2022 Nuisance & Spam

The British operator implemented a new firewall in July but has not always been so adroit at protecting customers.


Twitter Whistleblower Claims ‘Extreme, Egregious Deficiencies’ for Security, Privacy and Spam

By Eric Priezkalns 24 Aug 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

If the claims are true, Twitter faces the collapse of its bid to force a takeover by Elon Musk plus enormous fines for violating FTC orders.


New Paper Analyzes How Nation States Threaten Telco Security

By Eric Priezkalns 23 Aug 2022 Cold War 2

Patrick Donegan of Hardenstance challenges assumptions about the ways nation states subvert networks and steal information.


Why Does the US Media Refuse to Tell the Full Truth about Robocaller Roy Cox Jr?

By Eric Priezkalns 22 Aug 2022 Nuisance & Spam

Authorities praised for finding a man who made 8bn illegal calls should also be criticized for the failure to punish him earlier.


Wikipedia Records the Death of Revenue Assurance

By Eric Priezkalns 19 Aug 2022 Assurance & Audit

This article is not a stub. It states important facts about a discipline that too often treated the documentation of facts as unimportant.


Verizon Reports Mobile-Related Security Compromises Almost Doubled Since 2021

By Eric Priezkalns 18 Aug 2022 Data & Analytics

The Mobile Security Index surveyed 632 professionals responsible for the procurement, management and security of mobile devices.


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