Risk, Fraud & Security
Notorious SIM-Swapping, Malware-Spreading, Bomb-Threatening Hackers Arrested
The accused are said to have harassed enemies by taking control of phone accounts and sending bomb threats to 1,066 kindergartens.
Chinese Fugitives Charged with Hacking 100 Firms Including Telcos
Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said the Chinese state had made the country 'safe for their own cyber criminals'.
What Multilingual Spam Tells Us about Fraud
The fundamental economics of crime remain the same, whether the vehicle is an international email or an international voice call.
Huge CenturyLink Outage Shows Risk Lies in the Details
A bad firewall configuration rule forced Tier 1 operator CenturyLink offline and reduced global internet traffic by 3.5%.
Ghana’s Government Promises to Scrap Minimum Termination Rate
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said the current GHC0.19 per minute rate is a 'nuisance tax' that causes simbox fraud.
Account Takeover Specialists SpyCloud Close $30mn Investment Round
SpyCloud identifies vulnerable online accounts by checking them against their library of compromised credentials.
Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson and Nokia Pass GSMA Security Audit
The Network Equipment Security Assurance Scheme (NESAS) is meant to provide a "security assurance framework" for vendors.
Telco Staff Targeted by New Custom Spear Voice Phishing Attacks
Criminals phone staff as they work at home, then tell them to log on to phishing websites that look like corporate portals.
A Simbox Fraudster’s Tale
A fictional account of the last day of a fraudster's career, as written by somebody who catches them.
US Claims Progress with Tightening Diameter Security
Lisa Fowlkes of the FCC's Public Safety Homeland Security Bureau says US wireless telcos are proactively improving the security of Diameter signaling.
Telcos Increase Focus on A2P Messaging Fraud
The Mobile Ecosystem Forum is updating their A2P SMS Code of Conduct, and one of their board members will lead a new i3forum working group on messaging fraud.
UK Mobile Network Introduces African-Style SIM Swap Control
EE's platform allows other businesses to check if a customer's SIM has been replaced, or whether their calls are being diverted.
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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