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  • 28 Sep 2023 | Money from Data, Overcoming Adversity, and Chinese Scammer Extraditions: Commsrisk Show Episode 6
  • 27 Sep 2023 | T-Mobile US Denies Claims of Another Data Breach
  • 26 Sep 2023 | $116mn Fine for Toll-Free Fraudster Who Embarrassed US Telecoms Industry with His Anti-Scam Antics
  • 25 Sep 2023 | Oslo IMSI-Catcher Arrest: Suspected Malaysian Spy Now Investigated for Fraud ‘with International Ramifications’
  • 22 Sep 2023 | At Last, a Bank that Authenticates Its Call to You
  • 21 Sep 2023 | Quantum Hacking, Job Cuts, and Measuring Fraud: Commsrisk Show Episode 5
  • 20 Sep 2023 | New NSO Group Zero-Click Exploits Show Why Privacy Hackers Will Always Defeat Apple (and Everyone Else)
  • 19 Sep 2023 | Preparations for Quantum Hacking Accelerate
  • 18 Sep 2023 | Regulator Says It Does Not Illegally Supply Phone Numbers of Nigerians to Telemarketers
  • 15 Sep 2023 | SIM Swap Social Engineering of T-Mobile Staff Blamed for $691,000 NFT Heist
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Top Lawyer Says Indian Takeover of US Anti-Spam SMS Registry Is Threat to National Security

By Eric Priezkalns 29 Aug 2023 Nuisance & Spam

Should Tata be denied control of The Campaign Registry, a US body that manages which A2P messages are allowed?


Telcos, Regulators and Nonprofits Commit to Global Online Meeting on Call Validation

By Eric Priezkalns 25 Aug 2023 Nuisance & Spam

The One Consortium wants to solve problems caused by CLI spoofing without creating new problems through inconsistent national rules.


French President Macron Promises National Scam Block for SMS and Email

By Eric Priezkalns 23 May 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

The pledge to implement a filter of malicious links was stated on Emmanuel Macron’s official LinkedIn account.


Elon Musk Has Radical Solution for A2P SMS Fraud: Twitter Turns Off 2-Factor Authentication by SMS

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Feb 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

Comms providers will fear other businesses may follow Twitter’s lead by telling users to adopt different modes of authentication.


Elon Musk Says Twitter Lost $60mn a Year Because 390 Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump A2P SMS

By Eric Priezkalns 12 Jan 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

Twitter accounts were created solely to generate revenue for telcos from two-factor authentication SMS messages.


Why Massive Political Bias in Email Spam Algorithms Is Problematic for Free Speech More Generally

By Eric Priezkalns 16 May 2022 Data & Analytics

Academics at North Carolina State University proved Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have biased email filters.


Another Bad US Proposal Wants More Punishment for Telcos Instead of Punishing Robocallers

By Eric Priezkalns 4 May 2022 Nuisance & Spam

The FCC wastes time on bad data from biased lobbyists when the universal answer to crime is to punish the criminals responsible.


Why Not Spam the Phishers?

By Eric Priezkalns 12 Apr 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

Opinions about how to respond to a crime change according to the frequency of that crime.


Ghana’s Telcos Collectively Block 28,000 SIMs in Common Bid to Stop Mobile Money Fraud

By Eric Priezkalns 7 Apr 2022 Digital Money

Tricky fraudsters deliberately misspell their messages in the hope of evading automated filters.


Three UK Blocks up to 5.8mn SMS Texts Each Month

By Eric Priezkalns 14 Mar 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

Darren Purkis, CFO at Three UK, also said ‘bigger attacks’ like Flubot had sometimes led to even more messages being blocked.


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Every Wednesday we stream The Communications Risk Show, a live discussion program covering the big risks faced by comms providers and their customers. If you missed the latest episode then watch the replay below.
Divya Shridhar is a popular member of the business assurance and data analytics community, who recently returned as an independent consultant after being forced to take a prolonged career break. She shared inspiring advice about success in the workplace and overcoming the hurdles that life puts in our way. Regular presenters Ed, Lee and Eric also discussed the enormous numbers of telecom and online scammers being deported to China from neighboring countries.

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