Risk, Fraud & Security
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.
Wangiri Warnings in Bulgaria, Ireland and Norway
The round-up of wangiri information made public in the last three months includes a typically exotic list of apparent sources including the Maldives, Tunisia and North Korea.
Why Closing the Digital Divide with Smart Credit and Smart Security Is Good for Everybody
Trustonic CEO Dion Price told RAG TV about people being denied credit for a smartphone when they can obtain it for other products.
Canada Postpones STIR/SHAKEN Deadline Yet Again
Continued 'technical and policy issues' means the Canadian regulator has delayed the mandatory adoption of the new call authentication technology by a total of 32 months.
UK Regulator Hints at Considering STIR/SHAKEN
Ofcom will find it difficult to remain balanced when suppliers of STIR/SHAKEN technology have so much to gain by whipping up public fears and expectations.
Australia Blocked 11mn Wangiri and 44mn Spoofed Calls Since December
Comms providers adopted a code of conduct to detect, trace and block scam calls in late 2020.
RAG TV: The Scale of A2P SMS Bypass Fraud
Emmy Léger of Araxxe explained how they identified an SMS aggregator that uses gray routes for 98% messages and why A2P SMS bypass is so widespread.
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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