By Dilip Mistry Online and mobile banking has brought a new level of convenience to consumers world-wide and the growth of mobile payments, particularly in the developing world, has created new opportunities for commerce to be transacted. However, this also generates new opportunities for fraudsters. The Times...
By Shane Wilson, Revector Recent proposals by governments and security agencies have once again raised debate over how the mobile networks are to be treated in a threat scenario. The driver is the propensity for terrorist groups to deploy mobile as an element of an attack....
Here are twelve simple rules to help anyone avoid social media fraud...
Our attention was drawn to an article published by Norfolk Police in the UK regarding another mobile phone fraud scam. An elderly man received three mobile phones in the post. He had the good sense to contact the network operator that had sent these and advise...
According to recent research funded by the EU and the German government, and reported in The New Scientist, mobile phones give off a unique set of variations within their radio signal which has the potential to be employed by law enforcement to track any handset. Though...
Nearly half of all robberies in San Francisco last year involved a mobile phone; in Washington, a record 42% of robberies saw mobile phones taken. In New York, theft of iPhones and iPads last year accounted for 14% of all crimes. According to the Telegraph, Police and...
We were interested to read that six UK telecoms companies have appeared in court this month to challenge Government rule changes over GSM Gateways which they claim were unlawful. The litigation has been rumbling on since 2009 when former GSM Gateway operator VIP Communications filed a...
July 1st 2013 marked the first day of a new regime of roaming charges across Europe. Reaction to this has been mixed and has varied from positive (EU Roaming rates slashed) to negative (EU Roaming rates slashed). Opinion varies from those that see this as a...
Continuing our series on different types of mobile fraud, Mark Yelland analyses the risks of call selling to mobile operators. Call selling is the practice of selling service to customers at below market rates but using another person’s system and equipment to deliver that service. The usual...
Continuing our occasional series on the different kinds of fraud that take place on mobile networks, Mark Yelland, an international expert on mobile fraud and revenue protection looks at System Access Fraud: Most PABX systems have a means for the maintainer to dial into the system...