Press Release: Socializing Telephony Fraud Prevention

Humbug Telecom Labs, provider of carrier-class fraud prevention, detection and telecom analytics for any size business, today announced that they will be participating at TMC’s ITEXPO East 2012, being held February 1-3, in the Miami Beach Convention Center.

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Free VIP Expo pass to IT Expo

Free VIP Expo Pass for IT Expo and information about Humbug presenting a collocated shows.

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Come hear Humbug present at IT Expo

Eric is on a Panel titled: What Cloud Means for Fraud Prevention on Wed. Feb 1st at 2:30-3:15
Nir’s presentation is titled: Socializing Telephony Fraud on Thurs. Feb 2nd at 1 pm

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Hambleton Police warn businesses about phone fraud

Police in Hambleton have issued a warning to businesses to make sure their phone systems are secure.

This advice follows a recent fraud investigation which has cost a local business in excess of £20,000.

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Mobile Phones Vulnerable to Hijack and Fraud

Recently there have started to be concerns raised about smart phones in terms of privacy and security.

As reported in Reuters article: GSM phones vulnerable to hijack scams –researcher new research at Security Research Labs shows that even feature phones using GSM can be hacked and used “to make calls or send texts to expensive, premium phone and messaging services in scams, said Karsten Nohl, head of Berlin-based Security Research Labs”

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ComReg warns firms to be on guard against PBX fraud

Telecoms watchdog ComReg has warned there has been a rise in the number of PBX fraud incidents where firms’ telephone systems have been hacked into and large bills generated over their lines.

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Humbug and OpenVox Partner to Prevent Telecom Fraud

Press Release:
Humbug and OpenVox Partner to Prevent Telecom Fraud
–Companies Partner to provide Humbug’s Fraud Analytics, Detection and Prevention services to purchasers of OpenVox’s PCI Cards.–

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Term Tuesdays – Internal Misconduct

New Telecom Fraud definition on the Telecom Fraud Blog
Term Tuesdays – Internal Misconduct

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2011′s Biggest Frauds and Phreaks

Eric has another Guest Post published on Channel Partners Magazine’s Peer-to-Peer blog

2011′s Biggest Frauds and Phreaks that reviews this past year’s various fraud attacks.

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Ring Ring – Your Mobile is Being Phreaked…

International roaming services had been around since the early beginnings of mobile networks, well, not all that early – but still fairly early. Most people believe that international roaming relies on your phone number, but actually, it involves the usage of something called an MSRN – A Mobile Station Roaming Number.

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