Risk, Fraud & Security
LAPSUS$ Ransom Gang Proves It Is Easier to Hack People than Computers
The arrest of an English teenager who offered $20,000 bribes to big telco insiders shows security paradigms do not fit the facts.
Teflon Dons of Telecoms 2: The Swedish Connection
The actions and inaction of two more senior Swedish telecoms execs are analyzed in the second part of this series on corruption.
Wangiri News from Indonesia, Norway and Spain
The monthly round-up about the one-ring scam features a telco that makes marketing calls which have a similar impact to scams and some cod psychology about Scandinavians.
The Teflon Dons of Telecoms
The first part in a series about holding telecoms bosses accountable for corruption features the stories of Kurt Hellström and Carl-Henric Svanberg, two former CEOs at Ericsson.
Three UK Blocks up to 5.8mn SMS Texts Each Month
Darren Purkis, CFO at Three UK, also said 'bigger attacks' like Flubot had sometimes led to even more messages being blocked.
Free IRSF Fraud Intelligence for Telcos Helping Ukraine
Colin Yates, the leading expert on international revenue share fraud, will give data about 50,000 fraud targets in Ukraine to any telco that responded to the crisis by cutting the cost of calls to Ukraine.
Is the Ericsson Bribery Scandal Worse than We Feared?
Suspicion surrounds Ericsson because promises to be 'transparent' about corrupt business practices have so obviously been broken.
A New Chapter in the Ericsson Bribery Scandal
Ericsson's billon-dollar settlement of corruption charges with the US DoJ and SEC may be invalidated by revelations of more wrongdoing that was not previously disclosed.
UK Regulator Delays STIR/SHAKEN Decision; Pretends to Launch an Anti-Scam ‘Crackdown’
37 pages of Ofcom waffle could have been reduced to a few sentences saying they hope somebody else will tell them what to do.
Ericsson May Have Paid Islamic State Terrorists to Enable Tax Evasion
An internal investigation by the network manufacturer suggests they avoided Iraqi Customs by using roads controlled by ISIS.
Why Ireland’s New Nuisance Communications Industry Taskforce Should Have Included Fraud Managers
You need engineers to win a war, but you also need generals with the experience and determination to take the fight to your enemies.
Chinese Video Uses Comedy and History to Raise Awareness of Phone Fraud
A classic of Chinese literature was reimagined as a warning not to trust phone calls from strangers.
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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