Telecom

UK Weakens Proposed Telecoms Defenses After Industry Pushback

| | Cybersecurity, Founders, Analysts & Industry Voices, Telecom, United Kingdom
What happened The United Kingdom weakened proposed cybersecurity protections for telecoms networks that were developed in response to the Salt Typhoon espionage campaign, after telecom and technology companies pushed back on cost ...
CISO Whisperer
Major US Telecom Providers Form C2 ISAC to Coordinate Cyber Threat Sharing

Major US Telecom Providers Form C2 ISAC to Coordinate Cyber Threat Sharing

| | ATT, charter, comcast, Cox, Cybersecurity, cyberthreat, ISAC, Lumen Technologies, T-Mobile, Telecom, verizon, Zayo
Eight major United States communications firms have formed a new cybersecurity information sharing group to help telecom providers share threat intelligence and respond more quickly to cyber risks. AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Cox, ...
Security Boulevard
BPFdoor in Telecom Networks: The FCC Is Securing the Edge, but China's Hackers Are Already Past It

BPFdoor in Telecom Networks: The FCC Is Securing the Edge, but China’s Hackers Are Already Past It

| | APT, BPF door, China-nexus, Critical Infrastructure, dark web, Kernel Implant, nation-state, Red menshen, Salt Typhoon, security, supply chain, Telecom
Rapid7's research reveals China-linked kernel implants deep inside telecom signaling infrastructure. Here's what BPFdoor is, how it evolved, and what defenders need to do now ...
Security, Decoded: Insights from Suzu Labs

US Disrupts Massive Cell Phone Array in New York

| | cell phones, cyberattack, Denial of Service, Infrastructure, Telecom, Uncategorized
This is a weird story: The US Secret Service disrupted a network of telecommunications devices that could have shut down cellular systems as leaders gather for the United Nations General Assembly in ...
Schneier on Security

Arguing Against CALEA

| | CALEA, Cybersecurity, eavesdropping, national security policy, Telecom, Uncategorized
At a Congressional hearing earlier this week, Matt Blaze made the point that CALEA, the 1994 law that forces telecoms to make phone calls wiretappable, is outdated in today’s threat environment and ...
Schneier on Security
telecom, industry, telecommunications, cybersecurity, collaboration telecom, threat actors

Cybersecurity Challenges in the Telecom Sector: Protecting Data and Infrastructure 

| | Cybersecurity, Telecom
The telecommunications sector is the backbone of many processes in life and business and must improve its cybersecurity posture ...
Security Boulevard
An old-school telephone, the like of which Millenials have never seen. Also: Get off my lawn.

FCC: Phone Network Bugs Must Be Fixed — But are SS7/Diameter Beyond Repair?

| | 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 ...
Security Boulevard
network, security, network BlackBerry digital workplace SASE network Palo Alto Networks HashiCorp

Protecting a Network Without Concrete Boundaries

| | Cloud, Communication Service Provider, csp, microservice, security, Teleco, Telecom
Communication service providers (CSPs) are required to invest more time, money and resources in security to build “digital trust” with their customers, especially as the openness of 5G environments and complexity of ...
Security Boulevard
telecom, industry, telecommunications, cybersecurity, collaboration telecom, threat actors

Why the Telecom Industry Must Prioritize Cybersecurity

| | 5G, Cybersecurity, Telecom, telecommunications
Increasing competition within the broadband market, multi-access edge computing and private cellular networks and the demand for cybersecurity risk management in the 5G era are gaining momentum in telecommunications. As a result, ...
Security Boulevard
CSPs reveal what’s really happening with 5G

CSPs reveal what’s really happening with 5G

| | 5G, actionable intelligence, Cloud, Communication Service Provider, Connected Cars, Content Delivery, csp, CSPs, Cybersecurity, Internet of things, Mobile, Mobile Security, Network Security, Network Virtualization, Network Visibility & Control, QoE, Quality of Experience, Service Providers, telcom, Telecom, Traffic Management
Over the years, the team here at Allot has amassed quite a library of Telco Trends Reports, which we publish as important developments occur within the industry. Our latest report dives in ...
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