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Map of the Internet’s ‘Bad Neighbourhoods’
What are the 'bad neighbourhoods' of the internet? They are the networks where malicious sources of malware and spam are most often found....
A Story About Growth
cVidya, the Israeli software vendors, have announced that Dr. Steffen Roehn will join their advisory board; see the press release here. Roehn was...
Lunch Time Teaser – 03
Welcome to this month’s lunch time teaser; A practical RA problem, which is solvable within a 30 minute lunch break.The ChallengeYou work for a...
Obama Administration: Right to Unlock Phones is ‘Common Sense’
We recently wrote about the US petition to allow mobile phones to be unlocked, which was prompted by a change in the application of...
Revisiting the Beginnings of M-Pesa
In March 2006, I resigned from British American Tobacco (BAT) to head into a new job in a new industry (as a product assurance...
WeDo Report Strong Annual Results; Seeks M&A target in SE Asia
When I was invited to WeDo's London presentation of their 2012 results, I immediately jumped to two conclusions. First, I guessed the results...
Obscure Data, Mysterious Calculations, Real Risks
Rules of thumb, if used appropriately, can be powerful tools for reminding and educating people about risk. Consider Murphy's Law, which says "anything...
Answer to L.T.T. – 02
This month's winning answers came from Maheedhar Bose Juvva in India, Lionel Griache at ProactiveRA, and Guy Howie from BIAAS.The solutionIRSF fraud usually involves...
Obama Petitioned to Allow Phone Unlocking
Vinton Cerf may be called one of the 'fathers of the internet', but he hardly ever uses Twitter. However, a little tweet from...
MACH ‘First’ to Offer Cloud-Based Revenue Assurance (only 3 years after rivals)
MACH, specialists in mobile roaming data and clearing, has issued a new press release which......revealed the telecom industry’s first revenue assurance solution available over...
Lunch Time Teaser – 02
Welcome to this month’s lunch time teaser; A practical problem, which is solvable within a 30 minute lunch break. So why not see if you...
WeDo Release RAID 7.0
WeDo, the Portuguese-based business assurance vendor, have announced the release of version 7 of their RAID business assurance suite; see here.The pitch is glossy....
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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