Signaling Firewalls, Network Resilience and Teenage SIM Swappers: Commsrisk Show 3
Are we building too much upon the insecure foundations of our networks? Failures can occur by both accident and design.
10 Limitations Of Telecom Signaling Firewalls
It is important for telco networks to be defended by signaling firewalls, but the protection they provide can be undermined by the way they are maintained.
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.
Vodafone UK Reports 76% Drop in SMS Scams after Implementing Firewall
18 million fraudulent SMS messages were blocked during the first full month the firewall was operational.
SMS Firewall Provider Anam Acquired by Infobip
Infobip founder Silvio Kutić is aggressively growing Croatia’s first unicorn through a series of acquisitions.
Huge CenturyLink Outage Shows Risk Lies in the Details
A bad firewall configuration rule forced Tier 1 operator CenturyLink offline and reduced global internet traffic by 3.5%.
Mobileum’s Acquisition of Evolved Intelligence Signals Shift in Security Spending
UK signaling security firm Evolved Intelligence has been purchased by US mobile analytics business Mobileum.
Juniper Pulls Suspected NSA Firewall Backdoor
The NetScreen line of firewalls had been compromised by unauthorized code, and was subject to a weakness relating to the random numbers used for encryption.