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Should Other Countries Copy the US Approach to Fraud and Spoofing?
Prof. Eric Burger, former White House and FCC advisor, told RAG TV about the US strategy for tackling telecoms fraud.
Google Cloud Can Now Let Your Insurers Know How Secure You Really Are
Insurance firms Allianz and Munich Re will base cybersecurity premiums on information obtained directly from Google.
Police Take Down Pirate Streaming App with 100mn Users
Mobdro was believed to have been the most downloaded pirate streaming app in the world.
Disturbing New SMS Hijack Blamed on NetNumber IDs
A simple loophole allows SMS messages to be rerouted to another destination without the knowledge of the intended recipient.
Huawei and Other Chinese Suppliers Deemed Unacceptable Risk by US Comms Regulator
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) also wants to revoke access for three carriers 'controlled by communist China'.
Why Are 74% of Operators Still Vulnerable to Signaling Attacks?
Brendan Cleary, CEO of Cellusys, told the RAG TV audience about security weaknesses that put all phone users at risk.
$583mn of A2P SMS Bypass Fraud during 2020 per Araxxe Tests
Every continent has multiple mobile operators receiving more than 20 percent of their SMS traffic via bypassed routes.
Why India Had to Suspend SMS Spam Blockchain Safelist
Some banks and e-commerce sites failed to register with India's Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC) blockchain.
Majority Wants RAG Summer Conference in London
60% of poll respondents said the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG) should start planning for its first post-pandemic conference.
Benchmarking Leakage Coverage
This week's RAG TV featured revenue assurance managers from different telcos demonstrating how to benchmark the completeness of controls for revenue and cost leakages.
Major UK Operator Overcharged Customers for 15 Years without Their Billing Auditors Noticing
O2 was fined USD14.5mn for billing errors from 2011 to 2019, but those errors were evident as early as December 2003.
Why It Is Impossible to Measure All Leakage
Acknowledging the inevitable gaps in our knowledge creates the incentive to learn and improve.
The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.
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