Tag: CLI spoofing

Instant Takeaways from the i3forum-RAG Wholesale Fraud Survey

Many carriers said they were following best practices for fraud mitigation but IRSF and wangiri are still big problems.

Is Flash Calling a Fraud?

Businesses like Whatsapp are intentionally using the A-number of calls that are not connected as a free mechanism for passing data to apps on a user's phone.

Last Day of i3forum-RAG Wholesale Fraud Survey

We need joined-up thinking to solve problems that cross borders and cause harm to ordinary people everywhere. Joined-up solutions start with a common understanding of problems we face.

Calls with STIR/SHAKEN C-Attestation Almost 6 Times More Likely to Be Robocalls than Unsigned Calls

One billion bad calls were 'authenticated' during June by systems which were supposed to protect Americans from bad calls.

The Million-Pound British Alternative to the Billion-Dollar STIR/SHAKEN Program

Prof. Feng Hao of Warwick University has a bottom-up method for checking CLIs that could be much cheaper than the US approach.

What If China Created a Rival to the US STIR/SHAKEN Program?

The government of China has every reason to disrupt US ambitions by copying and improving upon US plans for verifying CLIs globally.

Calls with STIR/SHAKEN C-Attestation Now 5 Times More Likely to Be Robocalls than Unsigned Calls

The centerpiece for the US strategy to reduce robocalls has been corrupted to a mind-blowing extent.

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.

Arkansas Anti-Robocall Law Shows Why Other Countries Do Not Want to Help the USA

A country cannot make rules for others if it cannot agree consistent rules within its own borders.

UK Regulator Delays STIR/SHAKEN Decision; Pretends to Launch an Anti-Scam ‘Crackdown’

37 pages of Ofcom waffle could have been reduced to a few sentences saying they hope somebody else will tell them what to do.

New Data Shows Big Flaw in STIR/SHAKEN Is Now Even Worse

US calls with B or C grade authentication are three times more likely to be nuisance robocalls than calls with no authentication.

Has the UK Regulator Just Ordered the Blocking of Foreign Scam Calls?

No, Ofcom has not ordered widespread blocking of international calls. But risk managers should understand why the BBC said they had.

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