Risk, Fraud & Security
New Callback Scam Is Based on Misleading Voicemails
This fraud will be difficult to detect because it challenges assumptions about how fraudsters work, even though it relies on an old psychological ploy.
LAPSUS$ Stole Source Code from T‑Mobile US
Security researcher Brian Krebs reviewed leaked Telegram chats between two childish members of the LAPSUS$ hacker-extortion gang.
MTN Ghana Insiders Amongst Five Arrested for Attempting $280,000 SIM Swap Frauds
The gang had already stolen GHC200,000 (USD27,000) before they were caught using mobile apps to make three more bank withdrawals.
Australia Will Impose New Rules to Stop SIM Swaps
The Australian regulator says victims of SIM swaps lose around AUD28,000 (USD21,000) on average.
Why Not Spam the Phishers?
Opinions about how to respond to a crime change according to the frequency of that crime.
When Netflix Shared the Worst Password Advice Ever
Netflix wants customers in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru to pay more if their accounts are being accessed by multiple households, but they used to openly encourage the sharing of passwords.
LAPSUS$ 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.
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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