Tag: cli
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.
Twilio Breach of 33mn Phone Numbers Is Gift to Social Engineering Fraudsters
The data was compromised via an insecure API for Authy, the two-factor authentication app owned by Twilio.
Urgent Security Advances Needed to Trust Mobile Caller IDs
Even the spread of new 5G networks will not prevent the manipulation of CLIs.
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.
Should Phone Numbers Cost More?
The US state of Maine has increased the cost of numbers using their area code to discourage their abuse by spammers.
Voice Spam Will Soon Be as Bad as Email Spam
Do not be surprised if customers start abandoning the use of phone numbers to exclusively rely on OTT voice services instead.
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.
Plenty of Call Blocking Apps, but Few Inter-Telco Calls Authenticated by STIR/SHAKEN Says FCC Report
Nuisance robocalls have fallen in the USA as billions of voice calls are now blocked automatically.
Fighting Surcharges in Origin Based Pricing
The widespread adoption of origin based pricing in Europe is effectively a stealth tax that further encourages customers to switch to OTT services.
RAG TV Episode 1: Fighting Scams and Spoofing by Adapting STIR/SHAKEN for Each Telco
Jeffrey Ross, COO of GBSD Technologies, explained why he expects all telcos will work together to prevent the spoofing of caller IDs.
First STIR/SHAKEN Verified Call across Three Telcos
T-Mobile US, Comcast and Inteliquent say they have achieved a global first by using a digital signature to validate the origin of a call routed across three networks.
US Reg Targets Spoofed SMS and Calls from Overseas
The Federal Communications Commission voted to extend existing regulations so they can also pursue wrongdoers sending SMS messages or originating calls from outside the USA.
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