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Thais Caught with Smishing SMS Blaster Say Chinese Boss Paid $75 per Day
Mobile operator AIS worked with police to locate the fake base station just 6 days after it was first driven around Bangkok.
These Graphs Show the UK Is Better at Reducing Unwanted Calls than the USA
Josh Bercu of USTelecom epitomizes one of the worst faults of the US comms sector: the selective use of data to exaggerate the effectiveness of consumer protection policies.
Data Breach at Bouyges Telecom Affects 6.4mn Customers
Management gave the usual blah blah about how much they care about the security of customer data, except this time it was said in French.
Elon Musk Targeted by US Senator over Satellite Comms for Scam Compounds
Is this a sincere attempt to protect Americans from scams or a partisan political stunt?
What Mainstream Media Treats as News vs. Real News about Bad Actors Exploiting the Comms Sector
Scammers are winning for lots of reasons, but one of the reasons is that anti-scam policies are influenced by cherrypicked pseudo-statistics instead of transparent objective robust data.
Choicejacking: A New Way to Compromise Mobile Phones through Public Charging Points
Researchers used cheap chargers to circumvent operating system controls and download files from phones in just one-third of a second.
31% of Americans Say They Get a Scam Call Every Day
Pew has conducted a new survey of 9,397 adults that indicates phone scams are much worse than US industry insiders have been claiming.
What an American Hacker’s Methods Tells Us about a Flaw in Fraud Prevention Strategies
Cameron Wagenius used an online alias to sell customer data stolen from Verizon and AT&T while he was serving in the US Army.
New Zealand SMS Blaster Smishing Fraud Had Chinese Connections
A young man that impersonated leading banks by driving an SMS blaster around Auckland was given a light sentence because the judge thought he had hurt his chances of renewing his student visa.
‘We Are Just Here for Work’: Indian Scammer Explains Why He Moved to Laos
The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone is the equivalent of Las Vegas during its Mafia era. It provides a safe haven for scam compounds alongside gambling and prostitution rackets.
Why Is ChatGPT Giving HLR Data about Your Phone to Anyone Who Asks for It?
OpenAI has made it easy for anyone to get HLR data for free without questioning if they have a legitimate need for it.
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