Privacy & Intellectual Property
FCC Commissioner Seeks to Ban ‘Huawei on Wings’ Drone Manufacturer
Brendan Carr says DJI, which has a 50% share of the US drone market, extracts data from the phones of users and sends it to China.
Google Objects to Film Studio Demands to Block Popular App Used by Pirates
Google wants to intervene in legal action that concerns blocking the distribution of Popcorn Time software.
Suspended Sentence for Fraudster Who Stole and Sold Passwords for Streaming TV
32 year old Darren Walker made 'thousands of pounds' by selling compromised account details for BT Sports and Sky TV.
Saudi Arabia Set to End Billion-Dollar Piracy of Qatar’s beIN Sports TV
Lawyers for beIN described Saudi TV piracy as 'the most widespread and damaging piracy operations that the world has ever seen'.
BT Proposes Phone Tracking Service to Protect Women from Violence
Philip Jansen, Chief Executive of BT, wants women to dial 888 so their late-night journeys can be monitored.
5-Year Data Hack Disclosed by SMS Giant Syniverse
A stock exchange filing revealed hackers gained access to the Electronic Data Transfer service that Syniverse provides to 235 telcos and other businesses.
Content Piracy: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
The unlawful distribution of copyrighted content consumes almost a quarter of all internet bandwidth. Comms providers should automate the discovery of piracy on their networks.
‘Get Rid’ of Chinese Phones Says Lithuanian Minister after Discovery of Censorship Software
A flagship Xiaomi 5G phone includes software that censors phrases like 'free Tibet' whilst Huawei users are at risk from malicious apps.
Pegasus Spyware Zero-Click Exploit Shows Why Messaging Apps Need To Be More Secure
Researchers discovered a method to compromise Apple devices by attaching bogus GIF files to a message.
SMS-Sending Spyware Preinstalled on Some Russian and Chinese Feature Phones
A researcher tested various phones and found some sent messages that cost money whilst others signed users up for online services.
€225mn Fine for WhatsApp GDPR Failures
Anyone looking beyond the headlines will soon discover that the most severe fine ever levied by Ireland's Data Protection Commission is also proof of their incompetence.
T-Mobile US Data Breach Affects Over 40mn People
The mobile operator said hackers had compromised data for 7.8mn postpaid customers, 850,000 prepaid customers, and 40mn records for former or prospective customers.
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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