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Risk, Fraud & Security

Subjectivity of Perception for Mobile Phone Health Risks

Look here for a brilliantly simple explanation of the subjective way people perceive mobile phone health risks. As Michael Blastland of the BBC...

Domain Typos are Security Loopholes

People love finding the complicated ways by which things go wrong. Audacious frauds, complex exploits, elaborate leakages - people love to find them...

Gaping Hole in HTC Android Security

It is getting to the point where smartphone users would be safer binning their radio-enabled computers and just walking around town wearing t-shirts emblazoned...

Groupon: Why Revenue Recognition Matters

The recent blizzard of stories about Groupon, the online deals site, highlights all kinds of risk areas, from unhappy execs leaving soon after joining,...

Crowdsourcing Security

The old proverb says that "if you want a thing done well, do it yourself". Rubbish. If you want a thing done...

IT Project Risk: Black Swans Turn White

One in every six IT projects suffers a cost overrun of 200% or more. That is the startling conclusion of new research by...

Basics First …. Fanciful imaginations can follow later

In an era where the scope of revenue assurance is not clearly defined, we have a lot of opinion around what it should and...

Everyday Risk Management and Being ‘Proactive’

Norman Marks of SAP maintains an excellent blog dedicated to governance, risk management and internal audit. For those not familiar with it, I...

Turkish DNS Hijackers Highlight Internet Vulnerabilities

On Sunday there were red faces of embarrassment and red faces of anger as Turkish hacker group Turkguvenligi successfully hijacked the DNS records of...

BT Battles Cable Theft in Northern Ireland

Criminals that steal copper cables are a plague on telcos, in both rich and poor countries. They disrupt services to customers, drive up...

Irene: Losing and Gaining

They say every cloud has a silver lining. Finding an upside to tropical storm Irene, which battered the East coast of the USA,...

Bias in Risk Assessment

If you want to be a realist, start by being a pessimist. It sounds miserable, but the psychological evidence is compelling. Most...

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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