Risk, Fraud & Security
US Department of Justice Issues Cyber-Digital Task Force Report
'Malign foreign influences' are an obvious concern, but so are some relatively surprising topics.
Who Can Stop SIM Swaps?
SIM swaps are being used to steal everything from money to precious usernames on social networks.
Acision, Araxxe, Mobius and SIGOS Ranked Best Simbox Detectors
The Roaming Consulting Company (ROCCO) asks telcos to rate the suppliers of simbox detection equipment every two years.
Dealer Commits Fraud Using Fake Fingerprints
6,000 Vodafone SIMs were activated by creating bogus fingerprints using data downloaded from India's national biometric database.
Is There a Global Surge of Wangiri?
Public warnings have recently been issued in a variety of different countries.
5G, IoT and SIMs Are a Dangerous Combination
Increasing the speed of transmission and the number of devices connected to a network will magnify the inherent security vulnerabilities of SIM cards.
Fraudsters Spoof Phone Number of Chinese Embassy
Criminals are trying to scam money by calling victims and telling them invented stories about kidnappings and accidents.
Uganda Fights Crime by Ending Prepaid Scratch Cards
President Museveni is responding to a spate of kidnappings, but banning scratch cards will also benefit telcos by reducing fraud.
US Considers Bill-and-Keep Fix for Toll Free Arbitrage
The FCC proposes a three-year plan that would tackle the motivation for inter-carrier fraud and traffic pumping.
US Fraud Email Operation Yields 74 Arrests
Business email compromise schemes are not going away, as demonstrated by the number recently arrested by US federal authorities.
5 Ways to Heat Up Your Fraud Hotline
Whistleblowing hotlines are a good source of intelligence, but staff need to be encouraged to use them.
YouTube AI Flags 80% of Unsafe Videos
YouTube removed over 8mn unsafe videos during the last three months of 2017. Most were taken down before anyone saw them.
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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