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Top EU Lawyer Thinks Cloud-Based Video Recording Is Legal
Maciej Szpunar of the CJEU advised that cloud-based TV recording is equivalent to using a video recorder in the home.
RAG Africa: Full Steam Ahead
The Johannesburg conference of the Risk and Assurance Group (RAG) should encourage us to run more collaborative events in Africa.
Password-geddon Is Near
More security experts are saying we need to stop relying on passwords for security, and their arguments have been bolstered by a stream of security failures.
10 Defining Moments at RAG Johannesburg
The two-day telecoms risk and assurance conference attracted a large audience, but is best described by detailing some of the small but important moments.
Is OTT Direct Carrier Billing the Next Big Assurance Challenge?
Presenting charges on behalf of over-the-top providers will make it harder to detect fraud and resolve billing complaints.
Hacking Your Phone’s Touchscreen
Many phone screens have been replaced after the original was smashed. What if the new screen had already been compromised by criminals?
Commsrisk Top Ten for August 2017
Did you miss a big story? Catch up with the rundown of the most popular Commsrisk articles during August.
Con Artist Copies Cover of GRAPA’s RA Book
There is a revenue assurance book that is so terrible that its cover is literally a bad copy of the cover of another terrible revenue assurance book.
What Stops Telcos Being Champions of Privacy?
In the past, telcos had hardly any data about customers. How did they end up being portrayed as data hogs who are too willing to share their data with the authorities?
RAG Goes Global: From Europe to Africa, Then Australia and Beyond
Australian telco Optus will be hosting a Risk & Assurance Group (RAG) conference in Sydney at the end of January 2018.
Roam Like Home – A Broken Window for Fraud
Harmonizing roaming rates is a popular policy with Europeans, but will immediately increase fraud and reduce long-term investment.
Russian Fraudsters Use VoIP for Bogus Identification
Criminals are turning to the dark web to rent virtual phone numbers and purchase SIM cards for countries all over the world.
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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