Marianne Curphey

Marianne Curphey is an award-winning freelance writer, blogger and columnist. She is a former Editor of Guardian Money online, City News Editor of The Guardian, Insurance Correspondent of The Times and Deputy Personal Finance Editor at The Times.

Articles by This Author

Indian Court Forces Tata Docomo to Compensate Bank Fraud Victim after SIM Swap

15 Mar 2019

The telco unsuccessfully tried to blame the customer's losses on his bank's security procedures.

US Spies to Stop Bulk CDR Collection

12 Mar 2019

The first leak from whistleblower Ed Snowden concerned the mass collection of CDRs from US telcos. Now the Trump administration is quietly ending that NSA program.

Verizon Wants to Lock 4G Phones to Stop Crime

7 Mar 2019

The US telco estimates that handset fraud cost them almost USD190mn last year, and continued to rise in January.

US Military Intelligence Agent Helped Iranian Facebook Spearphishing Campaign

6 Mar 2019

Targets were invited to 'friend' a Facebook profile that looked like it belonged to a colleague.

SIM Swappers Try to Con Friends of South African Bishop

4 Mar 2019

Fraudsters used the account of Bishop Thulani Xaba to send messages asking for financial help.

Nok Nok Wins Glomo Award for Mobile Authentication and Security

1 Mar 2019

The winners leverage biometrics for standards-driven authentication of users.

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