Singapore to Flag All A2P SMS from Unregistered Senders as ‘Likely Scam’
The warnings will be presented for 6 months from January 31, then texts from unregistered senders will be automatically blocked.
Elon Musk Says Twitter Lost $60mn a Year Because 390 Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump A2P SMS
Twitter accounts were created solely to generate revenue for telcos from two-factor authentication SMS messages.
Phone App Buys P2P SMS Allowances from Consumers to Reuse for A2P SMS
Simcash tells users their phone will relay one time passwords and similar A2P messages but consumer reviews suggest that is false.
London Thief Exploits Yet Another Flaw with SMS OTPs
A serial criminal is taking phones from gym lockers and using them to remove thousands of pounds from bank accounts.
Is Flash Calling a Fraud?
Businesses like Whatsapp are intentionally using the A-number of calls that are not connected as a free mechanism for passing data to apps on a user’s phone.
UK Government Proposes Heavy Fines for Spam Calls and Texts
But they also want to weaken rules that currently require politicians be held to the same standard as marketeers.
The Good News Behind Google Stopping Indian Rich Business Messaging Spam
Indians reported a deluge of unsolicited adverts via Google Messaging after mobile operators gave free access to unsuitable businesses.
How Insecure Is SMS?
A brief recap of the scale of fraud and abuse involving SMS messages, what mitigations are available, and challenges to overcome.
SMS Firewall Provider Anam Acquired by Infobip
Infobip founder Silvio Kutić is aggressively growing Croatia’s first unicorn through a series of acquisitions.
RAG TV: The Scale of A2P SMS Bypass Fraud
Emmy Léger of Araxxe explained how they identified an SMS aggregator that uses gray routes for 98% messages and why A2P SMS bypass is so widespread.