System Access Fraud
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 to perform remote diagnostics and system maintenance through dialling […]
Subscription fraud
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 the risks associated with subscription fraud: Subscription fraud is usually described as using a service with no intention to pay. The concept is straightforward: the fraudster […]
Revector launches Vocal Pony
Revector launches new platform for mobile network operators One integrated software suite for anti-fraud and revenue protection tools Fully transparent network functionality and performance tool Revector today launches Vocal Pony – the first integrated software platform that delivers all the relevant software tools for mobile network operators to reduce fraud activities and protect revenues. Vocal Pony […]
When business opportunity becomes mobile fraud
Imagine the mood of a mobile phone sales person on hearing that the customer in his store wishes to open nine new phone lines for his business. The commission alone should ensure a Happy Christmas! However, recently in Petersburg, US, this kind of transaction was used to mask a fraud that has left mobile networks […]
John McAfee’s knee jerk response raises serious issues about privacy
The Daily Telegraph reported last week that John McAfee, the entrepreneur and founder of McAfee Anti-Virus, who is currently wanted on murder charges, posted a request last week on a message board regarding how long it would take authorities to triangulate a mobile phone signal and with what accuracy. You can see the Daily Telegraph […]
Social media – the new playground for fraudsters. Part 2
As we have seen, social networking sites are particularly vulnerable to fraudsters because they are communities built on trust. The urge to post personal and often intimate details of your everyday social and working life makes these site rich pickings for identity theft. Fraudsters will often set up false identities on the larger social networking […]
Protecting your phone
News reaches us from Juniper Research via Gomo News that only 5% of smartphones and tablets are “protected”. In this case the definition of “protected” appears to be that a device has security software installed. What caught our eye was also a comment from Gomo News expressing surprise about this figure, with the increased publicity […]
It’s an apps world
The growth in the mobile app market has been nothing short of spectacular. This completely new market has developed from scratch to a potential market value of $100 billion by 2017 according to industry analysts, with the average smartphone user having 41 downloaded apps on their device in 2012 according to research by Neilsen. Rather […]
Social media – the new playground for fraudsters
Earlier this year Javelin Strategy & Research issued new figures on identity fraud, and unsurprisingly the focus of the research was social media. Social, dating and business networking websites such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, and LinkedIn, have rewritten the digital landscape as users create their own profile and share conversations, photos, videos, links and personal […]
The value of your phone
Do you know what your phone is worth? According to recent research, the average value of a recycled phone has topped £100 for the first time. Good news for people recycling phones and to find out the value of your current handset, you might wish to click here. However, we suspect that headline figure significantly […]