Tag: Canada
Three Arrested in Toronto after First SMS Blaster Detected in North America
Dafeng Lin, Junmin Shi and Weitong Hu have been charged with 44 offenses in total.
Anti-fraud Vendor Names 5 “Trusted” Countries Linked to Hidden Telecoms Fraud
An American business with an international clientele cited various examples of crime that challenge cultural assumptions.
Woman Sues Telco over SIM Swap Theft of Bitcoin Now Worth $1.3mn
A key part of the legal fight related to whether telcos can use contract clauses to mandate the use of arbitration when there is a dispute over compensation.
Canadian Government Wants the Power to Issue Tough New Security Orders to Telcos
Telcos could be ordered to strip equipment or halt the supply of services. Such orders could be issued in secret and telcos would not be entitled to any compensation.
Canadian Police Arrest SIM Swappers Who Manufactured Fake IDs
60 phones and 200 SIM cards were seized, along with ID scanners, credit card printers, gold bars and bundles of cash in multiple currencies.
Why Is a Telco Paying for Adverts Saying Customers ‘Accept’ Data Breaches?
Canadian operator TELUS commissioned a major national newspaper to run an unusual advertorial about privacy leaks.
Spoofed Police Email Fools Canadian News into Running Fake Crypto Heist Story
Stories about teenagers stealing Bitcoin are so common that CBC journalists let themselves be fooled by a bogus press release.
43,835% Increase in US Phone Numbers Offered to Fraudsters for Call Termination Since 2020
Criminals obtained a wide choice of destinations in Alaska, California, and Hawaii, along with toll-free and Canadian numbers.
Zeus OTP Malware Trail Leads to Russian Cyberwarfare
The 'JabberZeus' cybercrime group were behind a wave of frauds that relied upon intercepting one time passwords sent by SMS.
What Is the Cost of Rogers’ 15-Hour National Outage?
A leading Canadian telco failed emergency services, banks and retailers as well as phone users, but the cost of the backlash is likely to be far worse than just the revenues lost and compensation paid.
Canada Bans Huawei and ZTE from 4G and 5G Networks
The Canadian government originally promised to make a decision about Huawei in 2019.
Expert Describes STIR/SHAKEN for Smaller Canadian Telcos as a ‘Kafkaesque Nightmare’
Matthew Gamble of the Internet Society Canada Chapter published the full text of his damning presentation at RAG New Orleans.
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