Tag: CLI spoofing
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.
Legal Shenanigans from Insurance Companies Shows Why the USA Is Incapable of Reducing Nuisance Calls
Some of the scummiest abusers of telemarketing have hired expensive lawyers to argue their unwanted robocalls and robotexts are protected by the constitutional right to free speech.
Urgent Security Advances Needed to Trust Mobile Caller IDs
Even the spread of new 5G networks will not prevent the manipulation of CLIs.
Irish Regulator Says Anti-Scam Plan Is Worth EUR1.2bn to Society and Economy
ComReg projects that the returns generated by new fraud prevention controls for voice and SMS will be 55 times the cost of implementing them.
Handset Delays Impact Call Validation in Brazil
Anatel, the Brazilian comms regulator, wants Google and Apple to change smartphone operating systems.
Global STIR/SHAKEN Advocate Admits the Real Motive Was to Force Capex Spending on IP Networks
Regulators were told that the goal was consumer protection when the real objective was profit.
UK Invites the One Consortium to Global Fraud Summit; Belgian Regulator Joins Program to Harmonize Call Validation
The progress this new group has made with aligning controls to combat spam and scams has accelerated in 2024.
AT&T and Verizon Sued for Infringing STIR/SHAKEN Patents
The plaintiff argues that these big US telcos are also guilty of inducing many others to violate his patents because of the way the US approach to caller ID validation works across networks.
UK Rejects STIR/SHAKEN; US Plan to Control Global Caller ID Now Dead
Respondents to a public consultation identified such severe flaws with the anti-spoofing protocols that the UK regulator had to abandon its previous support.
If Fans of STIR/SHAKEN Want to Restore Trust Then Why Do They Tell Lies?
The preface to an article written by Hugh Bradlow, former CTO of Telstra, contains a brazen falsehood.
Fewer Complaints about Nuisance Calls, but Which Controls Were Responsible?
The US and UK have differing strategies for stopping robocalls but the trends in complaints are remarkably similar.
Brazil Begins Testing End-to-End Validation of Telemarketing Calls
Brazil's big telemarketing businesses are voluntarily working with telcos to show customers who is calling them.
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