Risk, Fraud & Security
US Experience Proves You Cannot Authenticate Calls Without Authenticating Customers First
The FCC says it wants KYC but refuses to say what that means in practice.
Delay of New US Rules to Prevent SIM Swap and Port-Out Frauds
US government agencies like to tell the private sector about the urgent need to protect the public from harm, but that does not translate into bureaucrats doing their jobs more rapidly.
BT Claims 83% Fall in A2P SMS Smishing
The leading British network is also going to impose tougher SMS blocks from today.
Spanish and Portuguese Police Arrest 54 Vishing Scammers
The crooks stole EUR2.5mn by combining scam phone calls with visits to the homes of victims.
Anti-Fraud Groups Tell US Government to Use Sanctions to Tackle Slave Call Centers in Cambodia
Officials working for US Secretary of State Antony Blinken have previously 'waived' the use of sanctions despite an explosion in Cambodian scam compounds staffed by victims of trafficking.
Indians Must Wait 7 Days for Porting after Replacing SIMs per New Rules to Stop SIM Swap Fraud
Lost your phone? The Indian regulator will make subscribers wait 7 days before they can port their service.
5G Standalone Will Reduce the Security of Roaming
Whilst 5G SA offers more secure roaming in theory, the operational compromises required in practice leaves it less secure than 2G, 3G or 4G roaming.
Modern High-Tech Slavery: 300,000 Scammers Work from Compounds in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos
Failing to calculate the true cost of network crime has led to a wholly inadequate response from both the private and public sector.
Huge Increase in Internal Fraud Investigations within Vodacom Group
631 staff and contractors were dismissed following a 16-fold increase in investigations of alleged fraud and irregularities.
Two Men Extradited from Malaysia to Singapore over Android Malware Bank Account Thefts
A 7-month investigation also led to arrests in Hong Kong and the closure of a scam call center in Taiwan.
First UK Arrests of IMSI-Catching SMS-Blasting Smishing Fraudsters
This method of scamming the public will inevitably spread worldwide. Calling it 'the first of its kind' is a poor excuse for nations that chose to remain unprepared.
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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