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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.
Are There Countries Where It Is Impossible to Report a Scam Message?
The UN and INTERPOL will host the next Global Fraud Summit in a country where inhabitants complain they cannot notify the police of scam messages.
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.
Will Right-Wing Media Drive the Reform of the US Anti-Scam Strategy?
The CEO of Telnyx told readers of The Daily Caller that the FCC had applied an 'abusive' interpretation of its powers.
Irish Regulator Defends A2P SMS Registration after Scam Warnings Are Attached to Genuine Messages
ComReg stood their ground when challenged by news reporters.
Hero Who Hunted Down a Scam Boss Received No Reward or Damages
The exploits of Kim Sung-ja inspired a feature film that topped the box office in South Korea.
Dramatic Fall in Complaints about Spam and Scam Calls on Both Sides of the Atlantic
But there remain big differences in the number of complaints lodged by Americans and Brits. In other news, the IoT Security Foundation reports on the international adoption of vulnerability disclosure policies.
Illustrating How Information Flows
The experience of consuming news information provides little insight into where it originated or how it reached the end consumer.
Hard Data Shows Why Phone Honeypots Would Stop Illegal Comms
New research by North Carolina State University also says spammers have adapted to STIR/SHAKEN and that 80% of unsolicited US robocalls have a STIR/SHAKEN signature.
Cambodian Journalist Who Reports on Scam Compounds Is Arrested
Mech Dara has dared to tell truths about scam compounds that corrupt Cambodian officials do not want to hear.
UK Statistics Show Why Whistleblowing Matters
A robust whistleblowing procedure is a deterrent to wrongdoing by staff.
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