Another year transitioned from anticipation to history, during which Father Time showed us the best and worst of corporations, governments and the human race.

Heroes care more about results than praise, but they should be praised anyway.

After admitting STIR/SHAKEN can be undermined by attaching signatures to calls that have not been validated, some of its architects are proposing a new method that connects signatures to the right to use an originating party's name or brand.

UK retailers lead, US retailers lag when it comes to stocking networked consumer devices supplied by businesses with responsible security policies.

But there remain big differences in the number of complaints lodged by Americans and Brits. In other news, the IoT Security Foundation reports on the international adoption of vulnerability disclosure policies.

Comparing complaints received by the UK's ICO to the US FTC reveals remarkable similarities in trends despite divergent policies on reducing spam and scam calls.

Scammers sent messages that impersonated Malaysian mobile operator Maxis.

It takes a special person to suffer injustice with equanimity.

The experience of consuming news information provides little insight into where it originated or how it reached the end consumer.

Police also seized two SUVs that were used to carry the SMS blasters around Greater Kuala Lumpur. In other news, Thai law enforcement shut down a gang that operated 642 simboxes across 11 locations.

The simboxes were used to manage bogus social media accounts which were rented out to other criminals.

Also in the news: Indian minister reports success with coordinated blocking of spoofed mobile numbers; Danish Navy detains Chinese ship after Baltic submarine cables were cut; SIM swap syndicate busted in South Africa; and what an AI grandma tells us about confused priorities.