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Artificial Inflation of Traffic Blamed for Dismal SMS Forecasts

By Eric Priezkalns 30 Oct 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

Mobile operators ramp up prices for terminating SMS whilst crooks use bots to generate meaningless traffic.


Big Indian Telcos Accuse Amazon of Bypassing International SMS Fees

By Eric Priezkalns 9 Aug 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea oppose Amazon’s demand that TRAI impose a new definition of international SMS traffic.


EU Flirts with Ending Net Neutrality to Squeeze Money for European Telcos from US Big Tech

By Eric Priezkalns 12 May 2022 General

European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager echoed telco lobbyists who say over half of all internet traffic leads to just six US firms.


The Phone Scam Aimed at New Customers of Disney and Amazon Video Streaming

By Eric Priezkalns 10 Dec 2021 Risk, Fraud & Security

Jim Browning’s vigilante hacking showed how the classic tech support scam has been adapted to target users of Disney+ and Prime Video.


Now You Can Buy Bots That Steal SMS OTPs

By Eric Priezkalns 5 Nov 2021 Digital Money

Crooks are selling software that automates social engineering. Bots call targets and ask for one-time passwords that are used to take control of bank, cryptocurrency and PayPal accounts.


$888mn GDPR Fine for Amazon May Kill Behavioral Advertising in the EU

By Eric Priezkalns 2 Aug 2021 Privacy & Intellectual Property

Luxembourg’s secretive authorities levied the largest ever data protection fine without telling the complainants they had won.


The Revenue Assurance Books Written by Computers

By Eric Priezkalns 21 Jan 2020 Data & Analytics

It costs USD995 to purchase an analysis of the revenue assurance market that you could have obtained by searching the web.


History Repeats Itself, as in Life and in Tech

By Michael Lazarou 17 Jul 2019 General

History tells us plenty about the reasons tech businesses fail, but telcos are in great danger anyway.


Did Saudi Arabia Hack the Amazon CEO’s Phone?

By Marianne Curphey 18 Apr 2019 Risk, Fraud & Security

The Saudis have undoubtedly invested in spytech, but not everyone agrees they were involved in a conspiracy to blackmail Jeff Bezos.


Being Serious About the Bloomberg Chinese Spy Chip Scoop

By Eric Priezkalns 11 Oct 2018 Risk, Fraud & Security

The risk of supply chain infiltration is real. But is there physical evidence to support Bloomberg’s story about Chinese spy tech?


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