EE Blocks up to a Million International Calls with Spoofed CLIs Each Day
The British operator implemented a new firewall in July but has not always been so adroit at protecting customers.
Vigilante Used Traffic-Pumping Fraud to Pay for Denial of Service Attacks on Robocall Scammers
US telecoms fraud can be so convoluted that just describing the crime gives you a headache.
Vodafone UK Reports 76% Drop in SMS Scams after Implementing Firewall
18 million fraudulent SMS messages were blocked during the first full month the firewall was operational.
Fraudsters Impersonate Anti-Fraud Association; Amateurish Response from CFCA
A lone CFCA board member says scammers have hijacked the CFCA logo and are trying to trick people into paying them money.
GRAPA’s Return Is ‘Liked’ by the CFCA
The world’s most bogus RAFM association tweeted about coming back, and “the premier international association for fraud risk management” thought that was good news.
A Breakdown of the CFCA Fraud Survey Results
The Communications Fraud Control Association has issued its 2019 Global Fraud Loss Survey and Digital Identity Cybercrime Report. However, some of the figures are obviously wrong.
How Many Telcos Did the CFCA Global Fraud Survey?
Simple maths shows the Communications Fraud Control Association Global Fraud Survey was answered by only 61 telcos in 2019, though this was many more than responded in 2017.
Too Many White Faces Dominate Telco Risk Management
Although Subex is an Indian firm, their user conference illustrated industry-wide challenges with achieving diversity.
WeDo Embarrass Themselves With 3-Year Old Fraud Stat
There is no excuse for sharing data which is known to be out of date.
Big Data Machine Learning: Telco Fraud Detection Points the Way
Telcos are turning to unsupervised machine learning to identify new and increasingly complex patterns of criminal behavior.