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Dealer Commits Fraud Using Fake Fingerprints
6,000 Vodafone SIMs were activated by creating bogus fingerprints using data downloaded from India's national biometric database.
Obtaining the Data to Protect Profits and Reputation
With the right technology, it is easy to determine what is happening on a network. It is difficult to understand why governments and telcos keep doing it the hard way.
Understanding the Relationship between Revenue and Experience
Silo thinking costs telcos money because of a failure to appreciate how QoE influences customer behavior.
Is There a Global Surge of Wangiri?
Public warnings have recently been issued in a variety of different countries.
Telcos and Internet Giants Join Forces to Fight Californian Privacy Law
Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast oppose new online privacy rights for Californians.
Interview: Guy Howie Talks about Fraud, NPM and Working with RAG
An expert in number plan management talks about why he is partnering with the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG).
Commsrisk Top Ten for June 2018
Catch up on the big stories with this rundown of the most popular articles during June.
8 AT&T Peering Sites Identified as NSA Spying Hubs
Obtaining traffic from AT&T peering nodes is an efficient way for US electronic spies to monitor targets well beyond their borders.
Big Bill for Charity That Tracked Roaming Stork
Polish environmental group EcoLogic was charged for voice calls made in Sudan.
If Conference Organizers Ran Music Festivals…
The management of some telecoms conferences is like a bad joke, except the joke is on the audience.
5G, IoT and SIMs Are a Dangerous Combination
Increasing the speed of transmission and the number of devices connected to a network will magnify the inherent security vulnerabilities of SIM cards.
Hall of Famer Says Telcos Should Spend More on Developing Fraud Managers
Jack Wraith MBE was inducted into the Risk Rewards Awards Hall of Fame for his lifetime contribution to fraud management.
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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