Tag: CLI spoofing
13 Years in Prison for Head of London Phone Spoofing Fraud Outfit
Tejay Fletcher ran a crime service that earned USD100,000 per week by making it easy for scammers to spoof numbers used by banks.
Aussie Regulator Warns of Scammers Pretending To Be the Aussie Regulator… in Mandarin Chinese
The importance of language is underlined by yet another scam aimed at speakers of Mandarin Chinese.
UK STIR/SHAKEN Consultation Begins
The initial draft of Ofcom's proposal was commissioned from one of the USA's most prolific lobbyists for STIR/SHAKEN.
STIR/SHAKEN Is ‘Full of Holes’; Top US Comms Lawyer Warns About Robocall ‘Fox in Charge of the Henhouse’
Senior telecoms attorney Jonathan Marashlian works with firms that have deep inside knowledge of how well the US is tackling robocalls.
Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics and STIR/SHAKEN
It is amazing how much fraud you can pretend to have mitigated if you invent measures of frauds that never happened.
US Lawmakers Propose Prison Sentences for Illegal Robocallers (But Would They Ever Be Used?)
The latest incarnation of the DO NOT Call Act might as well be named the EMPTY THREAT Act.
Disconnecting Twilio Would Have Been a Disaster; How Do We Stop Illegal Robocalls Pushing Us to the Brink?
Everybody would be better protected if callers are routinely associated with Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs).
4 Ways Blockchains Will Help Communications Providers to Manage Their Risks
Blockchains will reduce interconnect disputes, stop scams, ensure regulatory compliance of suppliers and exchange fraud intelligence.
Will Germany Reject STIR/SHAKEN?
US supporters of a one-size-fits-all approach to authenticating voice calls face the twin obstacles of German culture and trials of a rival technology by Deutsche Telekom.
UK Adopts New Rules to Stop CLI Spoofing but Not STIR/SHAKEN
Like other countries, the UK is taking an Australian-style approach to nuisance calls in preference to the faltering strategy of the USA.
American Bankers Association Shows Why US Robocall Strategy Will Never Work
You can fire Americans, hire replacements somewhere cheaper, and disguise where they are, but eventually somebody pays a price.
Not a Silver Bullet? How STIR/SHAKEN Is Sold to International Markets
Do we want real solutions to the problem of spoofed robocalls? Or do we want sales propaganda followed by excuses for failure?
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