Telecom Cybersecurity

Metadata of Americans Stolen in Chinese Hack: U.S. Official
Jeffrey Burt | | china espionage, CISA best practices, Salt Typhoon cyberattack, Telecom Cybersecurity
The call metadate of a "large number" of Americans was stolen by Chinese state-sponsored Salt Typhoon's hack of eight U.S. telecoms and dozens more around the world, according to U.S. officials, who ...
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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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Vishing, Smishing Thrive in Gap in Enterprise, CSP Security Views
There is a significant gap between enterprises’ high expectations that their communications service provider will provide the security needed to protect them against voice and messaging scams and the level of security ...
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