Tag: CLI spoofing
14 Times Americans Were Told the Number of Robocalls Would Fall
The success of STIR/SHAKEN has lain just over the horizon for four years in a row.
Using Rich Call Data to Restore Confidence in the Origin of Calls
Pierce Gorman of Numeracle, and formerly of Sprint, explained how RCD will encourage people to pick up important calls again.
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.
Will the USA Dominate Global Call Authentication? A Conversation with a US Telecoms Legend
Pierce Gorman's 34 years of engineering for T-Mobile and Sprint included a leading role in the creation of STIR/SHAKEN.
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.
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