Risk, Fraud & Security
Rethinking the Risk of USB Sticks
In an excellent interview for Black Swan, Mark Johnson convincingly argued that cybersecurity and business assurance are converging. Towards the end of the...
Map of the Internet’s ‘Bad Neighbourhoods’
What are the 'bad neighbourhoods' of the internet? They are the networks where malicious sources of malware and spam are most often found....
Obscure Data, Mysterious Calculations, Real Risks
Rules of thumb, if used appropriately, can be powerful tools for reminding and educating people about risk. Consider Murphy's Law, which says "anything...
Underestimating the Internet of Things
The 'internet of things' is what we get when we let machines talk to each other. Hoorah! Yippee! Our industry becomes ecstatic at the...
Million-User Android Botnet Found in China
Xinhua has reported the discovery of a trojan that has infected over one million Android smartphones in China. For an English translation of the...
Core Risks for Telcos
Dan Baker recently asked a good question about telecoms risk management:Thanks for this . It’s a very fine explanation for a layman like myself....
Embracing Wrong with Kathryn Schulz
Have you ever seen a business that made a mistake? Duh. Of course. I work in RA/fraud/risk etc. I deal...
Online fraud
I don't think it would be too controversial if I stated that (attempted and successful) incidents of customer / subscription fraud increase as sales...
Blame It On The Boogie: a mystery manager chastises O2 for outages
For the first time, talkRA is publishing an anonymous guest blog. The piece was sent by email using an account called 'RA Manager'....
Prof Stuart Greenbaum Explains ERM
A lot of nonsense is talked about Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). As such, it is always a delight to hear a crisp 20-minute...
New Revenue Protection Service for OTT TV
It is worth remembering that when business models get disrupted, the disciplines embedded in those business models also get disrupted. OTT providers of...
Report Claims Huge Rise in Mobile Fraud Malware
Lookout Mobile Security has issued their 2012 report into the threats they are encountering, and it makes for both uncomfortable and compelling reading. ...
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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