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WeDo Explains Praesidium Transfer

Last week I reported that Praesidium, formerly the consulting division of WeDo, has been transferred to Mainroad, WeDo's sister company. Admittedly, talkRA dropped...

WeDo Sells Praesidium to Sister Company Mainroad

WeDo, vendors of business assurance software, have sold their Praesidium consulting unit to Mainroad, providers of managed IT and various continuity and security-related services....

New Risk Management Case Study From MegaFon and Palisade

Take a deep breath, as what I am about to write might shock you. Some software developers who talk about risk management are...

TrendLabs Security Report: Sharp rise in mobile malware since 2012

The annual TrendLabs Security Report, published by Trend Micro, is well worth a read. Here are some interesting insights from their new report:Trend's...

WeDo Release Upgraded Fraud Management System

Portuguese vendor WeDo has announced the release of RAID:FMS 7, the latest version of their fraud management system. Their press release highlights the...

Major Upgrade to the Lavastorm Fraud Management System

Lavastorm Analytics, the data analytics firm headquartered in Boston, has announced a number of enhancements to Lavastorm Fraud Manager, its fraud management system. ...

Bangladesh Authorities Seize $128mn From Telecom Fraudsters

32 Taiwanese, 7 Bangladeshis and 5 Chinese have been arrested by Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion, following an multinational investigation into telecoms fraud. The...

Keynote buys Meucci

Keynote, California-headquartered suppliers of telecoms test equipment, have purchased Meucci, Belgian specialists in detecting bypass fraud. The price was not disclosed. You...

Defrauding the Fraudster

In my experience, there have been a few truths about fraud that remain as valid today as when I started out in telco fraud...

Guess My Cyberstalker

Let us play a game.Loyal talkRA readers will recognize names of people who leave comments. They include Lionel Griache, Michael Lazarou, and Dan...

Kiss My Tariff

KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid. The KISS design principle is as sound today as it was when first formulated in the 1960's. ...

Sometimes Real-Time is the Only Time

A while ago, Nexustelecom issued a press release, boasting of how they had supported a revenue assurance project for Mobilink. They explained some...

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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