Risk, Fraud & Security
Zain Group Appoints Chief Risk Officer
Commenting on the promotion of AbdulGhaffar Setareh to the new position of CRO, Zain Group CEO Scott Gegenheimer said risk management is "a top priority".
Araxxe Shares Data on Frequency of OTT Bypass
The French telecoms revenue and fraud specialists have a regional analysis of the frequency of OTT bypass, derived from the audits they have performed for customers.
EY Highlights 2016 Fraud and Corruption Trends
According to EY, 2016 is going to be a complicated and challenging year for cybersecurity and risk management.
Juniper Pulls Suspected NSA Firewall Backdoor
The NetScreen line of firewalls had been compromised by unauthorized code, and was subject to a weakness relating to the random numbers used for encryption.
3 Takeaways from Neural’s Telco Risk Survey
You should apply professional skepticism, but it is worth reading this succinct report on estimated leakages and trends in risk management.
Elephant in the Room
If we want to do a better job of tackling fraud and other risks, we must be more open with others. Discussing the problems we all face is essential to finding new solutions.
Blink and You’ll Miss a Revolution
Author Malcolm Gladwell has written about people suffering information overload. However, machines thrive on data. That is why fraudsters should be identified by computer algorithms.
PayPal CRO Says Fraud Will Go Mobile in 2016
The Chief Risk Officer of PayPal warns that fraudsters will increasingly target the users of mobile phones.
When Is Credit Risk Too Restrictive?
Telcos have a lot of data which is not being effectively used when assessing the credit risk of individual customers.
SIGOS to Do Simbox Testing for All of Ghana
The global test call vendor will execute 400,000 calls a month as part of a national program to detect fraud.
Syniverse Signs RAFM Deal with Afghan Telco
The US vendor landed a 'multi-year' contract with Roshan, the largest telco in Afghanistan. However, the announcement was vague on details and did not disclose the price.
The Threat of Signaling
Both SS7 and Diameter signaling protocols can suffer serious security vulnerabilities that few telcos are equipped to deal with.
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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