October 06, 2022

S3 Ep103: Scammers in the Slammer (and other stories) [Audio + Text]

Latest episode - listen and learn now (or read and revise, if the written word is your thing)...

Naked Security

April 02, 2020

Phone carriers must authenticate calls to fight robocalls, says FCC

The FCC has given voice carriers until June 2021 to implement technology it says will stop the robocall plague that's driving us all insane.

Naked Security

March 10, 2020

Phone carriers may soon be forced to adopt anti-robocall tech

US carriers haven't been doing enough to block robocalls voluntarily. The Federal Communications Commission's response? Fine - we'll make you.

Naked Security

February 03, 2020

FTC warns VoIP providers that help robocallers: we can and will sue

It put 19 internet-calling companies on notice that helping illegal robocalls is illegal. It has sued before, and it can do it again.

Naked Security

December 23, 2019

Congress passes anti-robocall bill

A bill to punish robocallers has finished its passage through Congress and is expected to become law any day now.

Naked Security

September 17, 2019

Robocalls now flooding US phones with 200m calls per day

According to a new report, nearly 30% of all US calls placed in the first half of 2019 were garbage, as in, nuisance, scam or fraud calls.

Naked Security

July 15, 2019

FCC underwhelmed by carriers’ sluggish robocall efforts

The FCC in June called for carriers to provide free, default robocall blocking services. One month later, plans are "far from clear."

Naked Security

June 27, 2019

FTC crackdown targets operators behind 1 billion robocalls

It's a drop in the “4.7 billion robocalls placed per month” bucket, but hey, it's better than nothing!

Naked Security

June 19, 2019

Hospitals are being suffocated by robocalls

Some pretend to be hospitals to get patients' payment data. Others pose as the government and try to get confidential data from hospitals.

Naked Security