Somos is already advertising the benefits of VESPER, a draft standard that would plug holes in STIR/SHAKEN.

Having previously failed to clear up the abuse of telco networks, businesses responsible for STIR/SHAKEN have realized the impact that genuine authentication of calls would have on the financial sector.

ISO's adoption of the vLEIs promoted by the banking community has implications for tackling telecoms imposter frauds.

The future of authenticating communications is currently being written, but you need to know where to read about it.

The same firm has previously been criticized for its audit of telco revenues in Ghana.

There is an inherent conflict of interest in how the US traceback consortium is funded.

This week's update includes an examination of data produced by the US Industry Traceback Group, plus news about dodgy telco revenue audits in Uganda and the repatriation of Filipino scammers from Laos.

Zero telcos have volunteered to comply with the GSMA's code of conduct for GT leasing.

Mech Dara has dared to tell truths about scam compounds that corrupt Cambodian officials do not want to hear.

Michael Terpin lost USD24mn in cryptocurrency because fraudsters swapped his SIM.

The US telco has also agreed to strengthen its cybersecurity.

Everybody should support the GSMA code seeking to reduce the abuse of Global Title, but very few have. The abuse of Global Title represents the tip of an international iceberg of corruption stretching from the oppression of journalists in Cambodia to state-sanctioned surveillance in Chile.