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Subex Announces New CEO

Nisha Dutt will take charge of the Indian RAFM and analytics firm after serving as an independent director since 2015. Current CEO Vinod Kumar will step down on July 14 after 25 years with Subex.

Corruption Audit Confirms Justice for Sale in Tanzania

The government of former President John Magufuli created a system for extorting money from telcos and other businesses.

Criminal Gangs Drive IMSI-Catcher SMS Blasters around Vietnam

Messaging campaigns involving fake base transceiver stations have been identified in seven provinces since the beginning of March.

STIR/SHAKEN Is ‘Full of Holes’; Top US Comms Lawyer Warns About Robocall ‘Fox in Charge of the Henhouse’

Senior telecoms attorney Jonathan Marashlian works with firms that have deep inside knowledge of how well the US is tackling robocalls.

5G Security, Robocalls, and Seeking Innovation in Revenue Assurance: Episode 6 of The Commsrisk Show

Can we coordinate international action to secure 5G? Telecoms cybersecurity expert Silke Holtmanns shared her views.

EU Told to Broaden Inquiry from Phone Spyware to Mobile Comms Surveillance in General

“Spyware is the tip of the iceberg in mobile telecom surveillance,” said Rowland Corr of Enea.

UK Government Faces Legal Fight with Russian-Founded Investment Firm over Forced Sale of ISP

LetterOne says its ownership of Upp is not a national security risk because they are no longer controlled by Russian oligarchs.

5 Billion Robocalls in March: Can We Finally Admit the US Strategy Is Failing?

These are the worst figures for YouMail's Robocall Index since November 2019.

Regulating Telcos Like Banks, Ghost Accounts, SIM Swaps and Bananas: Episode 5 of The Commsrisk Show

The theme of our April 12 broadcast was the risk and regulatory implications of telcos providing financial services.

Do Revenue Assurance Professionals Have Nothing to Say?

It is impossible to learn from people who refuse to speak.

Has M-PESA Led to Half of All Kenyans Suffering SIM Swap Fraud?

No, but it is important to examine the prejudices that lead crime statistics to be amplified and exaggerated.

Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics and STIR/SHAKEN

It is amazing how much fraud you can pretend to have mitigated if you invent measures of frauds that never happened.

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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