Risk, Fraud & Security
Former Boss of China Unicom Arrested for Taking Bribes
Li Guohua had already been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party following an investigation that began in February.
Do Indian Police Raids Signal Change of Attitude to Scam Call Centers?
India's Central Bureau of Investigation said they acted on intelligence from foreign police, including the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
NSO Phone Spy Founder Hires Former Austrian Chancellor for Utilities Security Business
A man who systematically undermined phone security wants to be paid to secure vital infrastructure. What could possibly go wrong?
Japanese Next-Gen Developer Builds New Technology Core for the RAG Fraud Blockchain
SORAMITSU are experts at creating blockchains that are secure and scalable whilst supporting tokenization and permissioned access.
Corruption in Kazakhstan’s Rotten Telecoms
The web of murky dealings surrounding state-owned operator Kazakhtelecom stretches from former President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Swedish telcos Telia and Tele2.
Difficulty of Assessing Fraud Losses May Stop Digicel from Obtaining Justice in UPM Simbox Trial
UPM argue Charles Castel, a former Governor of Haiti's central bank, should not be allowed as an expert witness for Digicel.
Twitter Is ‘Terrified’ of French Regulator and 6 other Takeaways from Whistleblower’s Senate Testimony
Former Twitter exec Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko described flaws with the company's security and with US privacy protections in general.
Children Used for Giant Fraud on Comms Services Subsidized by US Government
It is good that poor children can go online. It is bad if government subsidies allow a four year old to obtain 1,042 broadband accounts.
London Thief Exploits Yet Another Flaw with SMS OTPs
A serial criminal is taking phones from gym lockers and using them to remove thousands of pounds from bank accounts.
Telcos Were the First Targets of Recent Okta Phishing
Over 130 companies have been compromised by a series of attacks that built upon the data first obtained from telcos.
Bots Disguised as IoT Devices Make Fake TV Ad Traffic
Fraudsters spoof devices to disguise how they inflate the number of views for video adverts. This is an iteration of the broadening threat of phoney online users generating faux traffic.
Twitter Whistleblower Claims ‘Extreme, Egregious Deficiencies’ for Security, Privacy and Spam
If the claims are true, Twitter faces the collapse of its bid to force a takeover by Elon Musk plus enormous fines for violating FTC orders.
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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