Risk, Fraud & Security
Social Media and Fraud: Do It To Them Before They Do It To Us
Personal data is used to launch cyber attacks against us. Instead of just playing defense, we can take the fight to the criminals.
Telco Corruption Fuels SIMbox Frauds
A former criminal says that bypass frauds persist because there is so much corruption within telcos, governments, and even anti-fraud solution providers.
Would You Pay $250 to Intercept Somebody’s Calls?
SS7 has security issues, but perhaps they have been over-publicized.
MTN Nigeria Embroiled in Row after 11 Arrested for Fraud
One of the people arrested blamed engineers at MTN headquarters for taking advantage of weak IT security.
3 Takeaways from PwC ‘Risk in Review’ Study
PwC's report shows how little ambition telcos have, compared to the integrated way that other big businesses manage risk.
Using Blockchains to Prevent Fraud
The distributed nature of blockchains means they are suited to combatting security and fraud risks on a distributed network.
CFCA Extends Global Fraud Survey Deadline
The world-famous Global Fraud Loss Survey of the Communications Fraud Control Association will now accept responses up to 4th August 2017.
Virgin Router Password Fuss Shows Lack of Priorities
The problem with risk management is the tendency to do nothing useful for a long time, before suddenly deciding to panic.
Interim Findings from RAG Global Telco Enterprise Risk Survey
After surveying ERM in UK telcos, extending the work reveals we have global issues with the quality of risk governance.
The Rights and Wrongs of WeDo’s Fraud Cloud Service
One obstacle to cloud-based RAFM services is sending data outside the telco. This should be turned into a selling point.
4 Takeaways from Verizon’s 2017 Data Breach Report
The tenth annual report confirms that crooks keep stealing data and employees keep being tricked by them.
COFPFTE: A Taxing Comms Puzzle
The UK's new Corporate Offences of Failure to Prevent Facilitation of Tax Evasion (COFPFTE) Act may trip up British telcos when calls are unlawfully terminated overseas.
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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