Humbug Telecom Labs provider of carrier-class Telecom Threat Management including fraud prevention, detection and telecom analytics for any size business, announced today that it has partnered with VoIPmonitor
Humbug Partners with VoIPmonitor for Enhanced Telecom Threat Management
by eric on 21. Mar, 2012 in Fraud, Partner, Press Release, VoIPmonitor, analytics
How to Configure the New Call Blocking Asterisk Collector
by eric on 20. Mar, 2012 in Fraud, ITSP, PBX Hacking, analytics
Humbug Telecom Labs has released the Silver Hawk version of our collector for Asterisk based systems.
This new collector enables companies running Asterisk version 1.4 (or later) to benefit from Humbug’s fraud blocking service.
Resource Theft: An Inside Job
by eric on 07. Mar, 2012 in Fraud, Guest Blog, PBX Hacking, analytics
Guest Blog Post by Randy Resnick
It started with an alert from the mail queue, way too many returns. I went to look at what was going on and it became apparent that a mailing had been done on our dedicated server. I began collecting evidence. Here’s how
Passwords and security – Clips and Tips
by eric on 05. Mar, 2012 in General, Humor, PBX Hacking
With the recent release of the the Trustwave 2012 Global Security Report we bring you some clips and suggestions about passwords.
Top 8 Songs about Telecom Fraud and Crime
by eric on 29. Feb, 2012 in Fraud, Humor
In honor of the Leap Year, here is a fun post about Telecom Fraud and Crime.
Usually we look at telecom fraud and crime as a serious topic, so today we are taking it a little lighter. Here is a collection of 8 songs that include have something to do with it.
Introducing The Silver Hawk
by boaz on 26. Feb, 2012 in General, Mobile, Mobile, analytics
Recently we released into the wild our new beta of Humbug Analytics – and keeping with tradition of naming our versions after birds of prey, we bring you version 3.0 Silver Hawk beta (the “silver” part was added for the extra flare). This week Silver Hawk will become the default version upon login, however we will be keeping the old version running and accessible in parallel for the next few weeks.
Humbug shortlisted by Global Association for Contact Center for Best Technology Innovation – Vendor Solution
by eric on 23. Feb, 2012 in Call Center, Fraud, Press Release
Humbug Telecom Labs was shortlisted by The Global Association for Contact Center Best Practices & Networking in their 2012 Best in Europe, Middle East & Africa under the Best Technology Innovation – Vendor Solution category.
Guest Post: Telecom Frauds and Revenue Leakage
by eric on 19. Feb, 2012 in Fraud, General, Guest Blog, PBX Hacking, SIP Fraud, Social Engineering, Voicemail Fraud
Guest Post by Guest post by Roger Collings
Despite advancements in technology, telecom frauds continue to be a major source of revenue leakage for businesses and telecom operators alike. It’s believed that businesses worldwide face a loss of 3 – 9% in annual revenues through telecom frauds. According to statistics published by the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA), telecom fraud costs businesses more than $40 billion each year.
How do various types of telecom frauds lead to revenue losses and leakages? Let’s take a closer look.
Fraud Enabling Service – False Answer Supervision
by nir on 13. Feb, 2012 in Fraud, ITSP, Mobile, Mobile, PBX Hacking, SIP Fraud, Type
As some of you know, I was speaking at the Digium Asterisk World event, that took place in Miami a couple of weeks ago – as part of the ITexpo show (http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/digium-asterisk-world/default.htm). During my presentation, I had showed the following slide:
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Well, apparently, I was slightly wrong – well, not all the way wrong. While the general term is that fraudsters don’t publish their success on the Internet, it would appear that we are now at the verge of seeing “Fraud Enabling Services”.
Dipping your BIG DATA pool
by nir on 11. Feb, 2012 in Call Center, ITSP, Mobile, Type, analytics
Everybody is talking about BIG DATA. Since the proliferation of data accumulation during the past few years, almost any business is confronted with the BIG DATA question. While Google, Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare and such are more than able to utilize this trend, how can other companies benefit from the BIG DATA advantage?
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