Risk, Fraud & Security
UK Serious Fraud Office Probes Major Mobile Network
Former executives at mobile operator O2 may have violated anti-bribery laws.
Alleged $14mn SMS Scammer Concedes 3-Year Extradition Fight
New York prosecutors claim Eugeni 'Zhenya' Tsvetnenko took the largest share of profits from a premium SMS auto-enrolling scam.
Wangiri Warnings in Czechia, Greece and Poland
They say you must be insane to repeat the same act whilst expecting a new result. Consider the sanity of relying on repeated warnings to protect customers from the world's most common phone scam.
Australia Blocked 214mn Scam Calls in 9 Months
Paul Fletcher MP, the Australian Minister for Communications, says the rising number of blocked calls is proof that the country's anti-scam strategy is working.
Cloudflare Stops Huge DDoS Attack That Made 17mn Requests per Second
The content distribution and security business said the attack was three times greater than any previously reported.
UK Scraps Failing Cyber Fraud Reporting Agency
Even politicians seem to have realized that Action Fraud, the UK's National Cyber Crime and Fraud Reporting Centre, was not fit for purpose.
UK Regulator Considers New Protections for Telco Customers in Debt
Ofcom wants to ensure fair treatment of comms customers in debt although disconnections have not increased during the pandemic.
Why Spending More on Security Is Not Always the Right Answer
Cybersecurity professionals are cogently arguing for more funding but sometimes have a biased approach towards limiting risk.
Enea Buys AdaptiveMobile Security
The deal values the Irish signaling security specialists at USD53mn and will see them continue to maintain their distinct brand.
14 Arrested for Mobile Phone Tax Scam
Piles of cash and other assets were seized from organized criminals who used a series of companies to buy and sell handsets in order to cheat the VAT system of EUR30mn.
Subex Pivot to Oil and Gas Sector Highlights Why Network Security Is Not Just for Telcos
Not every business has the confidence to take what they learned from telcos to reapply the lessons elsewhere.
Moment of Truth for US Anti-Spoofing Strategy
The number of US robocalls was used to justify enormous expenditure on STIR/SHAKEN but there is less enthusiasm for using the same number to measure its performance in practice.
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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