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South Korean Police Offers Cash and Reduced Sentences to Scammers Who Turn Informant This Month
Authorities in South Korea want scammers to return from compounds in China, Cambodia and the Philippines. In other news, NZ police found the country's first SMS smishing blaster.
Big Fish and Bigger Pictures in Belgium and Beyond
There was news inside and outside of the MEF Anti-Fraud conference in Brussels, including startling statistics about scams, lots of conversation about Google's role in safeguarding messaging, some confidence about the future of digital identities in the EU, and reasons to be grateful for Thailand's police.
Once More Unto the Breach
A marketing firm boasted about displaying adverts that match what was said in private calls, the Indian regulator wants to reduce P2P spam by hiking prices for heavy users, there was another mass deportation of suspected scammers from Myanmar to China, and a scoundrel attempted to make contact.
307 More Suspected Scammers Deported from Myanmar to China
Over 46,000 fraudsters have been deported in total.
A Chinese Bid for Cross-Border Call Governance?
A state-owned business has established something called the 'China-ASEAN Cross-Border Trusted Identity Trust Center'.
What Happened Whilst Commsrisk Was Away?
A clever innovation that will reduce smishing in India, a potentially huge development in the way China will tackle Asian scam compounds, another US robocall failure dressed up as success, and an arrest with serious implications in France.
Modern High-Tech Slavery: 300,000 Scammers Work from Compounds in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos
Failing to calculate the true cost of network crime has led to a wholly inadequate response from both the private and public sector.
US Warns Telcos That Chinese-British Submarine Cable Repair Ships Are a Security Risk
A ship which can repair cables could also potentially install surveillance devices.
First Look at CHAKEN: The Chinese Rival to STIR/SHAKEN with Personal Avatars and Video ID
China borrowed concepts from the US approach to call validation then added steroids and a turbocharger.
Thai Raids Intercept Huge Number of Simboxes and Starlink Satellite Dishes Intended for Scam Call Centers
Satellite comms means scam call centers can be constructed in remote and lawless regions.
China Adopts Rival Caller Identification Standard to STIR/SHAKEN
Huawei, ZTE, Samsung and three of the world's biggest telcos were involved in the creation of the new standard, which is set to be implemented by November 1.
US Politicians Vote to Force Sale of TikTok
Fans of the popular social media platform choose to ignore genuine privacy and security concerns.
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