Privacy & Intellectual Property
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.
‘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.
YouTube Takes Copyright Law into Their Own Hands with New Rules for Music
Rightsholders will lose the ability to manually claim payment for unintended use of their music, but they can still block the videos.
Blocking Multiple Pirate Sites Can Boost Legal Streaming Sales
New research shows that changing the behavior of a pirate depends on removing all piracy options at the same time.
Australia Considers Copyright Reform for Digital Platforms
The Australian public enquiry is the first of its kind, so will likely influence decisions made by other authorities around the world.
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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