Recently there has been a spate of scams reported in the media using swapping of SIMs to create fraud. A recent example was reported in The Guardian. Whist the media enjoys giving frauds and scams new names, this is essentially little more than a reworking of...
by Andy Gent Anti-fraud and security measures are critical requirements for NFC payment and ticketing and as such, it is important to understand the security within an NFC enabled environment. Mobile phones come equipped with a pass code that can be activated by the user. But as...
By Andy Gent Back in November we wrote about two phone hackers making the FBI’s Most Wanted list for cyber-crime. It seems that Farhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin were not the only phone fraud criminals that were under the watchful eye of the US Government...
By Shane Wilson The BBC has reported that under an agreement between the UK government and four mobile operators, subscribers who have their phone stolen will now be protected from "sky-high bills." Culture Secretary Maria Miller has secured an agreement to cap the maximum amount customers of...
By Shane Wilson Dealer fraud, costing an estimated $3.35 Billion a year, is one of the top five frauds perpetuated against the mobile industry. The ease with which fraudsters are able to generate considerable sums of money was recently illustrated by a gang of six London...
by Andy Gent Cold calling is a nuisance, to the point that many people simply do not answer calls from numbers that they do not recognise or that do not display. With the growth in automated calls, this issue just gets more frustrating. But there is...
By Shane Wilson Following on from last week’s attempt by Apple to popularise finger print based security on mobile phones as "a convenient and highly secure way to access your phone," comes the news that hackers have already broken the Apple system. You can see our...
The launch of Apple’s iPhone 5s (thoroughly covered in almost every news outlet), sees what has been widely reported as the first use of fingerprint recognition technology in mobile. Actually the Motorola Atrix, launched in 2011, also used fingerprint technology to unlock the device. If course...
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...