US Plans to Create Robocall-Tracing Monopoly
The TRACED Act demanded the appointment of a privately-led consortium tasked with tracing unlawful robocalls back to their origin.
British Robocall Businessman Banned… 5 Years after the Nuisance Calls Began
Gregory Rudd ran Keurboom Communications, which was responsible for causing almost 100mn nuisance robocalls.
Brazilians Receive Most Spam Calls
Anti-spam firm Truecaller claims that telcos generated almost half of the 45 spam voice calls that Brazilian phone users receive each month.
‘Spy Van’ Used for Illegal Phone Interceptions in Cyprus
Cypriot police confiscated a van and equipment supposedly used by a private firm to spy upon any smartphone within 1,000 meters.
T-Mobile US Data Breach Hits Million Prepay Customers
Though no financial data was compromised, there will be an increased risk of account takeovers.
Living the Stream: The Mal-Content
There will be intense competition between a rising number of video streaming services.
Kenyan Parliament Seeks to Regulate Social Media
Moses Injendi MP wants fines and prison sentences for unregistered bloggers and administrators of social media groups.
EU Operation Disconnects 800,000 Pirate TV Viewers
Over 200 servers were seized on the same day by authorities in several European countries.
Canadian Operator TELUS Guest Edits IEEE Magazine on Privacy and Security by Design
The deadline for submissions is 30th September.
Simjacker Privacy Vulnerability Is Activated by SMS
AdaptiveMobile Security found a security weakness in a legacy app found on many SIM cards. The vulnerability is independent of the user’s handset and 1bn users are potentially at risk.