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first Denial of Service (DoS) incident - Continuing the retelling of cases of telecom fraud and crime. To review, topics I have covered were 1876 - First case of telecom related fraud - seems that Bell did not invent the phone, but that the man who did could not afford to patent it. 1889 - First denial of service (DoS) and crime _ see below. 1903- The first telecom ...
In looking for interesting news about Phone Hacks I came across this great list put together last summer about the Top Nine Shocking Phone Hacks in the Science-Fiction Universe by the site The Geek Twins Now, to be honest, Humbug Telecom can not stop any of these (yet), but I thought I would discuss a few of them anyway as t...
Industry Standards Organizations That are involved in Fighting - There are 2 primary organizations that I would like to mention in terms of Telecom Fraud these are the CFCA and the TM Forum . Taking the about sections from each: CFCA The idea for the Communications Fraud Control Association began in February 1985 with a group of concerned communications security professionals from several different ...
I was just reading an interesting article by Steven Cottonof the TM Forum entitled FraudstersWill Be Fraudsters, But How Does Provider Indifference Help? In it heexplains about a recent phishing attempt that came to his in-box and how theservice providerâs support group did not know if they had a security or frauddepartment and could not be both...
In our on going series explaining how Telecom Fraud works and how to protect yourself and your company here is an example of how Sweepstakes or Premium Fraud occurs. Not all Telecom Fraud requires that the fraudster hack your phone system or take any real risk. In many cases fraudsters try to trick you into making calls or into staying on...
With Telecom Fraud costing more than $40 billion annually, I will try to comment on the new trends while offering tips and suggestions on how you can avoid adding to the total fraud loss.
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