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FCC Takes on China Threats with New National Security Council
The FCC is launching a new agency council to push back on Chinese-backed cyberthreats like Salt Typhoon by pushing telecoms to harden their defense, reduce their reliance on trade with foreign adversaries, ...
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FINALLY! FCC Gets Tough on Robocall Fraud
Richi Jennings | | alternative payment fraud, Brendan Carr, fcc, FCC Failures, FCC Follies, Federal Communications Commission, Fraud, gift card, gift cards, Know Your Customer, KYC, mariocop123.com, robocall, Robocallers, Robocalls, SB Blogwatch, scam, Scams, telco, Telnyx, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, vishing, vishing attacks, VoIP
KYC isn’t a Thing, claims telco: Commissioner Brendan Carr (pictured) wants $4.5 million fine on Telnyx, for enabling “illegal robocall scheme.” ...
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AT&T to Pay $13 Million to Settle FCC Case of 2023 Data Breach
AT&T agreed to pay $13 million to settle an FCC investigation into a data breach in January 2023 that put a focus on the evolving security landscape and the growing threat to ...
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Cyber Trust Mark: The Impacts and Incentives of Early Adoption
The Cyber Trust Mark is a labeling initiative for consumer IoT devices in the United States that builds on work undertaken by the FCC and NIST, establishing data privacy and cybersecurity standards ...
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FCC Pushes Ahead with Internet Routing Security Requirements
The Federal Communications Commission is considering requiring broadband providers to improve the cybersecurity of the networks that route traffic around the internet, an issue the FCC and other government agencies have been ...
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FCC Fines Wireless Carriers $200 million, Google’s Fight Against Malicious Apps
Tom Eston | | apps, ATT, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, fcc, fines, google, Google Play Store, Information Security, Infosec, location data, malicious apps, Mobile, Play Store, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, T-Mobile, technology, User Location Data, verizon, Weekly Edition, wireless
In episode 328, Tom and Kevin discuss two major cybersecurity and privacy news stories. The first topic covers the FCC issuing fines to major US wireless carriers for sharing users’ real-time location ...

FCC Fines Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile for Sharing User Location Data
The country's largest wireless providers failed to get the consent of customers before selling the data to aggregators, the agency says ...
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FCC Mulls Rules to Protect Abuse Survivors from Stalking Through Cars
Jeffrey Burt | | automobile, automobiles, Car, connected car security, domestic abuse, fcc, government, MVNO, telematics
To protect domestic violence survivors from abusers, the FCC wants to include internet-connected vehicles under the Safe Communication Act ...
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FCC: Phone Network Bugs Must Be Fixed — But are SS7/Diameter Beyond Repair?
Richi Jennings | | Big Telecom, carrier, Carriers, Diameter, digital telecom, fcc, FCC Failures, FCC Follies, FCC privacy rules, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Government, Location, location access risks, location data, Location data privacy, location history, location intelligence, location privacy, location sharing location tracking, location tracking, mobile carrier, mobile carrier vulnerability, Mobile carriers, Mobile Location Tracking, Mobile Tracking, Phone Carrier, RADIUS, roaming, Ron Wyden, SB Blogwatch, Sen. Ron Wyden, Smartphone Location Tracking, ss7, telco, Telecom, Telecom Cybersecurity, Telecom Industry, Telecom Industry Vulnerabilities, telecommunications, Telecommunications Security, telephone, telephones, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, wireless carrier
Fast enough for government work: The Federal Communications Commission is finally minded to do something about decades-old vulnerabilities ...
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‘Incompetent’ FCC Fiddles With Data Breach Rules
Richi Jennings | | breach notification, Data Breach Notification, data breach notification laws, fcc, FCC Failures, FCC Follies, FCC privacy rules, Federal Communications Commission, GDPR Breach Notification, Jessica Rosenworcel, SB Blogwatch, U.S. Federal Communications Commission
FCC FAIL: While Rome burns, Federal Communications Commission is once again behind the curve ...
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