Privacy & Intellectual Property
AT&T Agrees to Pay USD13mn Settlement for 2023 Data Breach
There are always more privacy breaches by AT&T but the excuses remain the same and the penalties remain light.
Advertisers Really Do Listen to Your Calls
Phone users gave permission to be spied upon by marketeers when agreeing to the terms of an app they downloaded.
Same Sh*t, Different Channels: Arresting the Telegram CEO
Individual nations that try to control global comms are pretending they can enforce their culture's moral expectations everywhere.
Latest AT&T Privacy Breach Leaks Records of Calls and Texts for ‘Nearly All’ Mobile Users
The rot starts at the head.
Twilio Breach of 33mn Phone Numbers Is Gift to Social Engineering Fraudsters
The data was compromised via an insecure API for Authy, the two-factor authentication app owned by Twilio.
Aussie Police Discover ‘Evil Twin’ Free Wifi Harvesting Personal Data at Airports
Passengers at airports serving Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide were tricked into revealing their email and social media login credentials.
4 Takeaways from the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2024
The DBIR team reviewed 10,000 breaches for this year's publication.
Why AT&T’s Huge Data Breach Is Good News for Their Credit Agency
A privacy breach that affected 73 million people will later translate into a golden sales prospect for Experian.
This IMSI-Catcher Video Will Scare You
The marketing of IMSI-catchers demonstrates a desire to sell them to bad actors. It also shows why governments should be doing more to prevent sales of equipment used by criminals.
US Asks about the Need to Harden SS7 and Diameter Security to Stop Location Spies
The FCC asks if signaling security should be improved although Senator Ron Wyden has already explained why urgent action must be taken.
Spanish Telcos Use Courts to Fight GDPR SIM Swap Fines
The peculiar way Spain has applied data protection law to SIM swap fraud deserves further scrutiny following court appeals from both Digi and Movistar.
What Is the Real Risk Posed by Telegram Creating a Bypass Route for SMS OTPs?
Some worry that the popular messaging app will turn millions of phones into the equivalent of simboxes, but there is a deeper lesson to be learned about the factors which determine value.
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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