Privacy & Intellectual Property
Researchers Use Leaked Data to Demonstrate SMS Fraud and SS7 Surveillance
Gabriel Geiger and Crofton Black are proving the existence of vulnerabilities that many comms industry insiders consciously choose to ignore.
China Uses ‘Anti-Fraud’ App to Spy on Tibetans
Human rights researchers have drawn attention to the way China is using phone technology to monitor the private lives of Tibetans.
X-ploring the Privacy Risks with Somos’ HLR Query Service
One of the most respected experts on the use of telco data for surveillance examines the queries of mobile operator data performed by XConnect, a UK subsidiary of US number intelligence providers Somos.
The Role of Telecoms’ Murky Intermediaries Highlighted by Bloomberg Article
Information shared by a whistleblower has drawn some attention to the creepy-crawlies that lurk in the dark recesses of the comms sector.
Chinese Companies Own 20 of the 100 Most Popular Free VPNs on Apple’s US App Store
Campaign group Tech Transparency Project scoured documents to determine who really owns popular VPN services.
Experts and NGOs Back ‘No Phone Home’ Campaign Against Digital ID that Enables Surveillance
Signatories include the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Brendan Eich, Bruce Schneier, Bill Buchanan, and me.
UK Regulator Becomes International Evangelist on Global Title Leasing
It will be difficult for other national regulatory authorities to ignore the precedent set by Ofcom.
Buggy IMS Implementation Caused UK Mobile Operator to Broadcast the Location of Users
Anyone with a basic understanding of networks could have tracked customers of O2 UK due to a mistake with how a Mavenir IMS had been set up.
SK Telecom Stops Accepting New Subscribers at 2,600 Stores to Focus on Replacing Hacked SIMs of 25mn Phone Users
CEO Ryu Young-sang said his company was responding to “the worst hacking incident in the history of the telecommunications industry”.
SK Telecom Shares Fall 7%; Thousands Struggle to Get Replacement SIMs after Data Breach
Customers report frustration with long waits at stores and online after the Korean telco promised free replacement SIMs to 25mn phone users despite having only 1mn SIMs in stock.
SK Telecom Offers Free Replacement of SIMs to 23mn Customers Following Hack
Malware was discovered in the South Korean telco's Home Subscriber Server.
UK Sets Precedent for Other Countries by Banning Global Title Leasing
Ofcom, the UK comms regulator, has taken the lead in protecting phone users from network spies. The question is whether other national regulators will follow their example.
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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