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Expensive Standards Are a Tax on Safety and Security

Why can it cost so much to buy intellectual property from standards organizations that received it for free?

How Simple Analytics Could Make Risk Management More Strategic

Experienced risk manager Hans Læssøe has articulated a simple way to make data about risks more relevant to decision-making.

Phone Data for Policing, Data Markets for Criminals and Trouble with Boys: Episode 4 of The Commsrisk Show

Our guests were Donald Reinhart and Tom Beiser of LATRO, the data forensics and RAFM business.

Should Law Enforcement Be Able to Demand Data about Users of Any Phone in a Given Location?

A court case examined if 'geofence' warrants may be used to obtain data about trespassers in the US Capitol building.

Commsrisk Top Ten for March 2023

Which stories grabbed the attention of risk professionals working in the communications sector? These were the ten most popular Commsrisk articles during March.

Hackers Insert Data-Stealing Malware into 3CX VoIP Phone System Used by 600,000 Organizations

3CX customers include BMW, McDonald’s and the UK National Health Service. Some think North Korean hackers are behind the attack.

Mobile Games Used to Steal Cryptocurrency

Victims are enticed by rewards that increase as they add more funds to their cryptocurrency wallet. But when they stop playing, both the rewards and the cryptocurrency disappears.

IoT Safety, Flash Calls, SMS Blasters and Bilateral Spam Accords: Episode 3 of The Commsrisk Show

David Rogers, Chair of the GSMA Fraud and Security Group, was the special guest.

Why the Internet of Things Must Be Decentralized

We owe it to future generations to construct a world where technology cannot violate privacy even when we surround ourselves with networked devices that watch everything we do.

US Security Agencies Broke IMSI-Catcher Laws

An audit found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Secret Service did not always obtain legal permission to use IMSI-catchers.

20 Year Old Founder of Forum for Data Breaches and Hackers Arrested

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick allegedly ran BreachForums, a cybercrime market where 14 billion consumer records could be purchased.

3 Reasons to Question the Recent Anti-Spam Agreement between Australia and the UK

Yet another piece of paper promises cooperation to tackle nuisance calls and texts, but where is the real action?

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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