Mobile carriers
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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Attack on Kroll Puts a Spotlight on SIM Swapping
Three cryptocurrency firms undergoing bankruptcy restructuring sustained data breaches after an employee at risk advisory firm Kroll recently fell victim to a SIM swapping scam, an attack technique that doesn’t get the ...
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Five Challenges Mid-Market Service Providers Must Solve Today
Service provider networks are a prime target for the rise in DDoS attacks. The volume and scale of these attacks can have devastating impacts The post Five Challenges Mid-Market Service Providers Must ...
Five Major US Wireless Carriers Are Vulnerable to SIM Swapping
Most wireless carriers in the United States are vulnerable to SIM swapping attacks and lack proper procedures to fend off hackers and other bad actors, Princeton researchers have found. SIM swapping became ...
Here’s How Carriers Can Differentiate Their 5G Offerings
Mike O'Malley | | 5G, Carriers, Cybersecurity, iot, Mobile carriers, Mobile Security, Network Security, service provider, Service Providers
Much of the buzz surrounding this year’s Mobile World Congress has focused on “cool” tech innovations. There are self-driving cars, IoT-enhanced bee hives, smart textiles that monitor your health, realistic human chatbots, ...

