Yearly Archives: 2022

US Bans All New Huawei and ZTE Network Equipment

For the first time in its history, the FCC is preemptively banning new tech because its suppliers are considered a threat to national security.

The Wrong Strategy for Selling AI to Risk Managers

Nobody buys technology just because it is technology. They buy technology because they want to use it to satisfy their goals.

“I Will Work from the Backend”: Transcripts from a Robocall Investigation

Indiana's top prosecutor is showing the public how telcos facilitate bad traffic by allowing crooks to hide behind a series of fronts.

The SIM Swap Fraud Service with 5-Star Reviews

A new website with videos that have been viewed thousands of times on YouTube is offering dodgy services that are strikingly similar to a phone surveillance service from 2017.

Over 400 Downloads of the RAG Fraud Catalog

There has been a tremendous response to the Risk & Assurance Group's first fraud inventory for comms providers but our industry must be even more united if we are to defeat fraud.

Will India’s Telecoms Regulator Compete with Private Sector Caller Identity Apps?

Indians suffer many scam calls but TRAI Chairman PD Vaghela wants to leverage data obtained when users register a new SIM.

Phone App Buys P2P SMS Allowances from Consumers to Reuse for A2P SMS

Simcash tells users their phone will relay one time passwords and similar A2P messages but consumer reviews suggest that is false.

How Private is Pretty Good Phone Privacy?

The creators of PGPP want to protect users from IMSI-catchers and location monitoring by rotating IMSIs and obfuscating geography but their methods are unlikely to scale and have important drawbacks.

UK Adopts New Rules to Stop CLI Spoofing but Not STIR/SHAKEN

Like other countries, the UK is taking an Australian-style approach to nuisance calls in preference to the faltering strategy of the USA.

New Catalog of Telecoms Fraud Now Available

Geoff Ibbett released version 0.1 of the RAG Fraud Catalog just in time to present it at RAG Sydney. The subsequent response from telcos has been enthusiastic.

3,000 Articles and What Has Been Learned?

Some stories can be told in a single sitting, but others require the compilation of a body of work before the narrative becomes plain.

High Court Rejects Lesotho Government’s Attempt to Stop GVG National RA Contract

It is no surprise that GVG can afford better lawyers than the imbecilic governments and regulators that sign contracts with them.

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