Risk, Fraud & Security
Verizon Wants to Lock 4G Phones to Stop Crime
The US telco estimates that handset fraud cost them almost USD190mn last year, and continued to rise in January.
US Military Intelligence Agent Helped Iranian Facebook Spearphishing Campaign
Targets were invited to 'friend' a Facebook profile that looked like it belonged to a colleague.
SIM Swappers Try to Con Friends of South African Bishop
Fraudsters used the account of Bishop Thulani Xaba to send messages asking for financial help.
Nok Nok Wins Glomo Award for Mobile Authentication and Security
The winners leverage biometrics for standards-driven authentication of users.
Why Believe Huawei’s Security Promises?
Huawei Chairman Guo Ping made a robust speech at MWC, but the reporting of his words suggests some telecoms journalists have only a tenuous understanding of security risks.
Our Problem Is with SMS, Not SS7
When seeking to reduce crime, the content of a message is as important as the security surrounding that message.
EU Boldly Considers Doing Something about 5G Security
If security and innovation were driven by empty talk then the EU would be the world leaders they pretend to be.
Are You Still Using Risk Matrices?
More and more experts have pointed out the flaws in risk matrices, also known as heat maps. Telcos should have adopted better ways of presenting and ranking risks by now.
Another Surprisingly Large Fraud Estimate
Absurdly exaggerated statistics are more likely to damage professional credibility than increase vendor sales.
7 Arrests Following Vodacom South Africa SIM Swaps
Vodacom has pursued its investigation for years but none of its employees have been arrested.
Fraudsters Make Mystery Music for Spotify
Spotify refuse to comment about whether they paid musicians whose songs were only played because user playlists had been hacked.
Hungary and Luxembourg Suffer Wangiri Surges
Operators in the Telenor and Orange groups have been warning customers about wangiri.
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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