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  • 30 Mar 2023 | IoT Safety, Flash Calls, SMS Blasters and Bilateral Spam Accords: Episode 3 of The Commsrisk Show
  • 29 Mar 2023 | Why the Internet of Things Must Be Decentralized
  • 28 Mar 2023 | US Security Agencies Broke IMSI-Catcher Laws
  • 27 Mar 2023 | 20 Year Old Founder of Forum for Data Breaches and Hackers Arrested
  • 24 Mar 2023 | 3 Reasons to Question the Recent Anti-Spam Agreement between Australia and the UK
  • 23 Mar 2023 | Ukraine, National Security, Defamation and Robocalls: Watch Episode 2 of The Communications Risk Show
  • 22 Mar 2023 | ‘Winter Vivern’ Hackers Target Pro-Ukraine Telcos
  • 21 Mar 2023 | Facebook Experiments with Flash Calls
  • 20 Mar 2023 | Sixth Suspect Arrested for Massive Paris IMSI-Catcher SMS Scam
  • 17 Mar 2023 | Is China Deliberately Cutting Taiwan’s Internet Cables?
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Facebook Experiments with Flash Calls

By Eric Priezkalns 21 Mar 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

They are following the lead of Twitter by wanting to cut expenditure on SMS messages for user authentication.


Ericsson’s New $206mn Bribery Fine: Will They Ever Come Clean?

By David Morrow 8 Mar 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

CEO Börje Ekholm offered more platitudes about ethics after US prosecutors levied another big penalty for corruption.


T-Mobile and TELUS Hacks Illustrate Why Telcos Should Pay for Their Own Policing

By Eric Priezkalns 7 Mar 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

If journalists can gather intelligence about security breaches then others could do the same before the story goes public.


Phone Scammers Target Chinese Speakers in the UK

By Eric Priezkalns 2 Mar 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

A security researcher concluded telcos lack the language skills needed to identify and address persistent scams aimed at non-native speakers.


FBI Says SIM Swapper Hijacked Accounts of Instagram Influencers to Sexually Harass Them

By Eric Priezkalns 24 Feb 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

Amir Hossein Golshan is alleged to have demanded dates and masturbated whilst a victim performed a striptease by video call.


Six Arrested for Swapping SIMs and Forging IDs to Raid a Million Dollars from Bank Accounts

By Eric Priezkalns 22 Feb 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

Hijacking the phone services of victims was part of a process that culminated with bank withdrawals made in person using fake ID.


Elon Musk Has Radical Solution for A2P SMS Fraud: Twitter Turns Off 2-Factor Authentication by SMS

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Feb 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

Comms providers will fear other businesses may follow Twitter’s lead by telling users to adopt different modes of authentication.


How the Vastflux Mobile Ad Scam Generated 12 Billion Fake Transactions per Day

By David Morrow 9 Feb 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

Apps on almost 11 million infected devices played multiple video ads that were hidden so users would not see them.


State-Owned Zimbabwean Telco Shaken by Multiple Internal Frauds

By David Morrow 7 Feb 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

Insiders at mobile network operator NetOne have been accused of a string of enormous frauds involving stolen vouchers and airtime.


Ericsson Allocates $220mn for More Corruption Penalties

By David Morrow 25 Jan 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

A monitoring regime that was meant to address past failings did not identify or disclose bribes paid to terrorists in Iraq.


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Our new show featured David Rogers, Chair of the GSMA Fraud and Security Group, discussing research he has performed into the state of security practices for manufacturers of IoT devices.

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20 Year Old Founder of Forum for Data Breaches and Hackers Arrested



3 Reasons to Question the Recent Anti-Spam Agreement between Australia and the UK


Ukraine, National Security, Defamation and Robocalls: Watch Episode 2 of The Communications Risk Show


‘Winter Vivern’ Hackers Target Pro-Ukraine Telcos


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