Risk, Fraud & Security
The Cost Of Scam Calls Is Personal
We should consider how much crime conducted using phone calls and SMS messages is hurting our customers.
Why Are the UK Police Taking More Interest in Telecoms Fraud?
Police influence of the public's understanding of telecoms fraud is sometimes questionable.
How Insecure Is SMS?
A brief recap of the scale of fraud and abuse involving SMS messages, what mitigations are available, and challenges to overcome.
US Proposes Another Change to STIR/SHAKEN Implementation Dates
This time the FCC is considering bringing the deadline forward for small telcos that originate 'especially' many calls.
Wangiri Warnings in Canada, Spain and the Netherlands
People around the world keep being warned about new outbreaks of the wangiri 'one ring' scam.
Why Do Telcos Allow URLs in SMS Messages?
Daniel McTague, CTO at Cellusys, makes a persuasive argument for protecting customers by only presenting them with hyperlinks in SMS messages if the URL is known to be safe.
SMS Firewall Provider Anam Acquired by Infobip
Infobip founder Silvio Kutić is aggressively growing Croatia's first unicorn through a series of acquisitions.
Saudi Telecom and Nokia Publish 5G Security Risk Assessment
Yasser Alswailem, VP of Cybersecurity at STC, used LinkedIn to openly share a risk assessment that many telcos will find useful.
How 5G Changes the Telecoms Risk Dynamic
Two of the telecoms industry's foremost experts on 5G and cybersecurity appeared on the latest episode of RAG TV.
Aussie Hacker Made $500,000 by Finding and Reselling Netflix Credentials
23 year old Sydney web developer Evan McMahon was shown leniency because of his age and autism.
Phone Scammers Take $33mn from 90 Year Old Woman
A 90 year old Hong Kong woman was duped by fraudsters who claimed to be investigating a crime.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Wangiri but Were Afraid to Ask
Examining a year's worth of data from the RAG Wangiri Blockchain reveals the apparent source and destination of most wangiri attacks.
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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