Tag: fake news
Brazil, France, Taiwan, UK: Why Comprehensive SMS Blaster News Updates Are Now Impossible
It is natural to desire certainty but we must be wary of flawed assumptions, incomplete data and misinformation.
Financial Times Documentary Explains Cybercrime, IMSI-Catchers and Scam Compounds
The producers spent over a year researching the global empires of Chinese cyber fraud syndicates, traveling the world to interview police, criminals and me.
What Mainstream Media Treats as News vs. Real News about Bad Actors Exploiting the Comms Sector
Scammers are winning for lots of reasons, but one of the reasons is that anti-scam policies are influenced by cherrypicked pseudo-statistics instead of transparent objective robust data.
Amateur Sleuths Plot Route of Tokyo SMS Blaster and Other News about Fake Base Stations
We might need to start doing a regular global round-up of news involving crimes and fake base stations.
Why the UK’s SIM Swap Statistics Cannot Be Trusted
The UK has two separate national bodies that collate the number of frauds. Attention is paid to the largest figures they report, not to the extent they disagree with each other.
Iran Accuses WhatsApp of Spying for Israel; Tells Phone Users to Delete the App
WhatsApp rejects the claim.
WhatsApp Banned 92 Million Indian Accounts Last Year
The rising number of bans may be due to spammers and scammers shifting their focus away from traditional telecom services.
Philippines Arrests Big Importer of SMS Blasters Used for Smishing Frauds
A Malaysian man was arrested when police tricked him into believing he was dealing with a prospective customer for his devices.
Measure Scams with Honeypots, Not Flimflam
If we believe in following the science, why have we not adopted an empirical approach to fighting networked fraud?
Big Bitcoin Spike after Phone Hackers Hijack SEC Social Media Account
The US Securities and Exchange Commission did not implement two-factor authentication for their official X account.
Police Deny Issuing SIM Swap Warning Circulated on Social Media
Malaysian police told the public to ignore fake news on Whatsapp and Facebook about mysterious calls that hack the phones of victims.
Gamers Humiliate Magazine that Used AI to Create Articles Based on Their Social Media Posts
Trusting the words you are reading means trusting the person behind them.
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