AI, Data & Analytics
Android Adds AI Scam Warnings for Voice and Messages
Google wants to identify harmful comms received on your phone but will they be any more successful than they are with email?
Network APIs: Interoperability and the Chinese Elephant
A lot of money will be made if CAMARA and Aduna succeed in delivering universal network APIs. However, a recent post by analyst Dean Bubley reminds us that the dream of global interoperability is not just a technological challenge.
TransUnion and the Murky World of HLR Queries
TransUnion says they track the details of 8.6 billion phone numbers across 250 countries and territories. Who has consented to this?
Measure Scams with Honeypots, Not Flimflam
If we believe in following the science, why have we not adopted an empirical approach to fighting networked fraud?
AI Grandmother Demonstrates Differences in the Awareness of Fraud
News journalists recycled a marketing stunt whilst missing a more important story about a telco demanding more police to fight fraud.
ISO Publishes Standard on Verifiable Digital Identifiers for Legal Entities
ISO's adoption of the vLEIs promoted by the banking community has implications for tackling telecoms imposter frauds.
Auditing the US Robocall Mitigation Database, Again
Nobody at the FCC looked closely at the submission from a man called Bhavesh about a business called Bhavesh.
Fraud Intelligence and APIs: The Answer Is Staring Us in the Interface
Fraud prevention is a goal that be oddly disconnected from other developments in the technology of telecoms.
DLT Will Tackle the A2P SMS URL Smishing Problem In India
India is showing that consumers can be protected using blockchains.
First Australian Bank Joins ‘Intel Loop’ That Feeds Scam Data to Telcos
Commonwealth Bank will automatically relay phone numbers and URLs used by scammers so comms providers can take immediate action.
Will SIM Swap Fraud Cause Voters to Oppose National Digital ID?
Australia's One Nation party cited a recent SIM swap when arguing against government centralization of digital identities.
Bad Data Supplied to UK Police by Mobile Operator May Undermine Prosecution of Serious Crimes
Police are manually checking for inaccuracies in data given to them by O2, the UK operation of Telefónica.
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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