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Insider commentary on the risks faced by comms providers and their customers since 2006.
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Woman in Scam Compound Given Punishment Exercise until She Dropped Dead - commsrisk.com/?p=52707 The human cost of corporate indifference is greater than the financial cost.
We need insiders to tackle the reasons telcos turn a blind eye to illegal traffic. Dexter Thomas asked me to speak about the scam text ecosystem on his podcast, kill switch, but others know more than me. We need them to turn the tide on crime. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=SnI8Ev…
Explaining the Global Scam Messaging Ecosystem to the Public - commsrisk.com/?p=52740 I was interviewed by Dexter Thomas for this week's episode of his podcast and YouTube show about the impact of technology.
Europol’s New Paper on Caller ID Spoofing Is Better than Anything Else You Will Read on This Subject - commsrisk.com/?p=52639 The police can be impartial about the methods needed to tackle crime when businesses are letting the rest of society down.
Global Telco Suspended from Anti-Fraud Consortium after CEO Accused of ‘Breathtaking’ $500mn Loan Fraud - commsrisk.com/?p=52690 American financiers say Bankim Brahmbhatt fabricated accounts receivable at Broadband Telecom and Bridgevoice, two telcos belonging to Bankai Group.
After experiencing decades of snooty Brits treating a few short clips from US TV news presented without any context as incontrovertible proof of British superiority, I am loving the way Americans are currently taking an interest in a few short clips from the BBC's output.
US Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former CEO of Messaging App for Fraud - commsrisk.com/?p=51868 IRL was once valued at USD1.2bn but founder and CEO Abraham Shafi now faces a potential 20-year prison sentence for lying about paying users to download his app.
Vietnamese Describe Methods SMS Blaster Scammers Use to Evade Detection after New Hanoi Bust - commsrisk.com/?p=52624 The fake base station was carried by hand and its broadcast range was reduced to make it harder to locate.
Liberia Suspends National RA Audit over Alleged Corruption - commsrisk.com/?p=52610 President Boakai issued an executive order immediately suspending a telecoms traffic monitoring contract awarded to a US-registered business in 2018, which was extended by 20 years afterwards.
Commsrisk Top Ten for October 2025 - commsrisk.com/?p=52558 These stories grabbed the attention of humans and AIs.
SK Telecom Loses 840,000 Mobile Users after Data Breach; Changes CEO - commsrisk.com/?p=52580 Jung Jae-heon is tasked with shifting the emphasis away from the losses caused by this year's massive data breach and towards the value created by serving AI.
SMS Blaster and IMSI-catcher News from Lebanon, Cambodia, Switzerland and the Philippines - commsrisk.com/?p=52470 Rogue radio communications devices are seemingly everywhere these days.
Huge Surge in Korean Kidnappings Linked to Cambodian Scam Compounds - commsrisk.com/?p=52368 The number of Koreans kidnapped in Cambodia has risen by a factor of 20 in less than two years.
US Law to Bully Foreign Nations into Adopting STIR/SHAKEN Progresses through Senate - commsrisk.com/?p=52469 Have you heard of the Foreign Robocall Elimination Act? If passed into law, America's Sheriffs will impose their version of law and order on your country.
Same Chinese Boss Gave Orders to Two Separate Manila SMS Blaster Drivers - commsrisk.com/?p=52440 The drivers were unknown to each other. Police said they worked for a gang which had 'compartmentalized' its operations.
This animation illustrates the acceleration in the spread of SMS blaster crime worldwide. It is based upon the map of all SMS blaster reports at the Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard. See the map and click on the dots to learn more about each case: commsrisk.com/fraud-dashboar…
Cybersecurity Professor Warns Against Treating Compliance as an Exercise in Procurement - commsrisk.com/?p=52260 Professor Kim Yongdae of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology has a message for telcos that get hacked and for the regulators that oversee them.
1,200 Simboxes Seized in Latvia; Sold Phone Numbers from over 70 Nations to Criminals Online - commsrisk.com/?p=52410 Multiple European police forces contributed to an investigation which found that the SIMs were hired out for a wide variety of crimes.
Over-complication is causing the decline of advanced civilizations. This is the only worthwhile conclusion to draw when people cannot sleep because their beds stopped being connected to remotely-located computers.
The AWS outage has impacted some of our users since last night, disrupting their sleep. That is not the experience we want to provide and I want to apologize for it. We are taking two main actions: 1) We are restoring all the features as AWS comes back. All devices are currently…
14 Defendants Face Paris Trial for $23mn SMS Blaster Smishing Scams - commsrisk.com/?p=52354 A suspected bomb in a car driven by a woman named Zoé led to a Chinese arms dealer with a Peruvian driving license, and then to much more.
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