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Yes, you are getting lots of robocalls again

4.6 Billion Robocalls in February Mark 15.1% Monthly Increase, Says YouMail Robocall Index

The Annoyance Engine: Spam robocalls became profitable scams by exploiting the phone system, but you can stop them

Robocalls keep spamming Americans, in part because of their cyber tools

FBI Warns Against Vishing Scams Over VoIP

You aren’t alone: Why Americans will receive 48 billion robocalls this year

FBI Warns of Denial-of-Service Attacks Against Emergency Call Centers

TDoS attacks could cost lives, warns FBI

Smishing and Vishing: Explained and Explored

Robocalls and scam calls persist during pandemic, so Americans have stopped answering the phone

Just Over 4 Billion Robocalls in January Mark 3.7% Monthly Increase, Says YouMail Robocall Index

Acting Skills Helped Me Become a Vishing Professional

Phishing scam uses voice calls to ‘trick’ enterprise employees

Who’s Making All Those Scam Calls?

Analyzing the 2020 Twitter Attack

FBI warns against vishing attacks targeting enterprises

Bad actors are returning to old-school methods of sowing chaos

3.9 Billion Robocalls in December Mark Roughly 2% Monthly Decrease

The FCC is pretty much fed up with all robocalls, not just telemarketers

T-Mobile data breach: ‘Malicious, unauthorized’ hack exposes customer call information

FCC Issues Voluntary Caller ID Authentication Best Practices for Voice Service Providers

Robocall Crackdown to Be Policed With U.S. Phone Company Help

FCC Moves to Stop “One-Ring” Scams

Contact Center Fraud Sees a COVID-Induced Spike

No One Wants to Pick Up the Phone for an Unfamiliar Number—and It’s Hurting Contact Tracing

FCC Issues Final Rule on Caller ID Authentication

Over 4.25 Billion Robocalls in October Mark Nearly 12% Monthly Increase

Deepfake Voice Technology Iterates on Old Phishing Strategies

Two Charged in SIM Swapping, Vishing Scams

VoIP Business Phone System Hack Hits Over a Thousand Businesses

FCC Moves to Crack Down on Gaming of Toll-Free Call Charges

Suspicious robocall campaign warning people to ‘stay home’ spooks voters nationwide

FCC Fines Company $37.5M For Spoofing Calls

Americans Bombarded by 9.4 Billion Political Robocalls This Year

Threats Targeting VoIP Networks As Usage Surges During Pandemic

More Than 3.8 Billion Robocalls in September Mark 4% Monthly Increase

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DHS Funds SecureLogix to Develop Risk Assessment Modeling Tool

FCC Adopts Caller ID Authentication Rules in Advance of Meeting

Vishing At The Ritz: There’s A New Type Of Cybercrime In Town

DHS Awards $1.96M to SecureLogix and Achilles Heel Technologies to Develop Network Modeling Tools

FTC Settles First Case Against VOIP Provider for Allowing Illegal Robocalls

FCC to Consider Caller ID Authentication Report and Order at Sept. 30 Meeting

7 Steps to Restoring Trust in Business Telephone Calls

Almost 3.7 Billion Robocalls in August Mark 1% Monthly Increase

RoboCallers Hit with Permanent Injunction by Courts

The Real Reason Contact Tracing Is Doomed in the US: Spam Calls

Why “Vishing” is the Bad Word of the Week

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FBI, CISA Echo Warnings on Vishing Threat

Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs

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Sophisticated Phone Spear Phishing Attacks are Targeting Top Companies

Telephony honeypot receives 1.5 million robocalls in less than a year

The Secret SIMs Used By Criminals to Spoof Any Number

3.6 Billion Robocalls in July Mark 9% Monthly Increase

Robocall Protection Group Tasked With Preventing Unlawful Robocalls to Hospitals

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This is what a Deepfake Voice Clone Used in a Fraud Attempt Sounds Like

FCC: Phone Carriers that Profit from Robocalls Could Have All Calls Blocked

Florida Sheriff’s Office Phone Lines Held for Ransom

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FCC Boosts Ability of Phone Companies to Block Robocalls

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How to protect against TDoS attacks

Over 3.3 Billion Robocalls in June Mark 11% Monthly Increase

Deepfakes and Synthetic Media in the Financial System: Assessing Threat Scenarios

Supreme Court Prohibits Mobile Phone Robocalls To Collect Federal Debt

FCC Proposes $225M Fine for Spoofed Robocalls

CISA Releases Guide on TDoS-Based Attacks to Emergency 911

Three Billion Robocalls In May – A Three Percent Monthly Increase

COVID-19 Crisis Accelerates Rise of Virtual Call Centers

Vishing Explained: How Voice Phishing Attacks Scam Victims

Coronavirus-related Attacks

SecureLogix on Alert for Coronavirus-Related Attacks

Digital Defense Offers Free Ransomware Assessments for Healthcare

Robocalls are about to get a lot worse – here’s why

The Telecom Industry Strikes Back Against Robocalls

Preventing Account Takeover and Social Engineering Attacks

Robocalls dropped by 30% in April because of the pandemic

FCC Adopts Rules Strengthening Penalties for Illegal Robocalls

Only 41% of Cybersecurity Teams Can Securely Work Remotely

Vishing Attacks Increase During COVID-19

Phone Spoofing Fraud Scam Tricks Security Expert and his Bank

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Healthcare system braces for increase in cyberattacks

Beware of these fake text messages and robocalls going around about the coronavirus

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As cyber attacks grow, doctors and hospitals struggle to update security measures

FBI sees 400% spike in cyber crime reports during coronavirus pandemic

Employee Account Takeover in the Age of COVID-19

Hospitals face a surge of cyberattacks during the Covid-19 pandemic

SHUT DOWN: Court Relies On YouMail and Nomorobo Data to Issue Nation’s First Order Shutting Down a US Telecommunication Carrier for Allowing Fraudulent Robocalls

Ransomware and DDoS attacks: Cybercrooks are stepping up their activities in the midst of coronavirus

You Can Thank the Coronavirus for Plunge in Robocalls

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Justice Department Obtains Injunctions against Telecom Carriers for Transmission of Robocalls

COVID-19 Social Engineering Attacks

Security Experts Battle Hackers, COVID-19 Cyberattacks

Health Sector at High Risk for COVID-19 TDoS Attacks

FTC Warns of “spoofed” emails, text messages, and phone calls that claim to be from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Study: Next Generation 911 Services ‘Highly Vulnerable to Cyber Attack’

Confessions of a Call Center Scammer

FCC to require anti-robocall tech after “voluntary” plan didn’t work out

DHS Alerts Public of Phone Spoofing Scams on National ‘Slam the Scam’ Day

Hackers Target Companies with Coronavirus Scams

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Study Finds Unwanted Robocalls up 49% in One Year

New App Helps Consumers Sue Robocallers

Swatting Attacks Target Facebook and Other Tech Execs

Cybersecurity Researchers find Spoofing Vulnerability in Android’s VoIP Components

Academic research finds five US telcos vulnerable to SIM swapping attacks

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Indian man convicted in call-center fraud case scamming Americans out of millions

Here’s what you need to know about the new law on robocalls

Robocalls that pretend to be from someone you know are now officially illegal in N.H.

Washington’s New Anti-Robocall Law Won’t Stop the Calls. Here’s Why.

TDoS Attacks Named One of the Top 8 Trends to Watch in Telecom during 2020

Why The Call Center Is The Vector Of Choice For Fraudsters

SHAKEN/STIR: Finally! A Solution to Caller ID Spoofing?

Call Centers Move Away From KBA With MFA Solutions

Can We Stop The Scourge Of Robocalls?

The Threat of Toll Fraud Persists

Robocalls Keep Pouring In As Hijacking Threat Emerges — How To Stop

Most of the robocalls you get aren’t coming from AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile numbers

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Phone calls from Peru got $550K from Spanish-speaking U.S. residents. The callers got prison

An artificial-intelligence first: Voice-mimicking software reportedly used in a major theft

Inside your phone company’s plan to stop robocalls

Google Voice forced to shut down SMS voicemail forwarding as carriers fight spam calls

Scammers are impersonating FBI phone numbers and agents, agency says

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Legitimate phone calls are getting blocked in crackdown on robocalls

New York men busted in $2.3M call center scam: feds

Phone companies and all 50 states strike deal to fight robocalls

Major Carriers, State AGs Will Work to Combat Robocalls

Will Congress act to stop robocalls?

AT&T and T-Mobile team up in a first step toward identifying robocalls across networks

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FCC Adopts Rules to Ban Malicious Spoofing of Texts and International Calls

FCC Cracking Down On Robocalls, But Expert Warns New Rules Won’t End Them

Duped by a Robocall From Overseas? It Was Legal

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Federal Communications Commission Takes Another Step To Try And Stop Robocalls

House panel advances anti-robocall bill

FCC To Phone Companies: Knock Off The Robocalls Or Else

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Florida AG and FTC Obtain $23 Million Judgment in Robocall Enforcement Action

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U.S. Gets 4.35 Billion Robocalls in June, According to YouMail Robocall Index

AT&T promises to automatically block robocalls in ‘coming months’

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First Orion Reports Scam Callers Now Leveraging Data Breaches in New “Enterprise Spoofing” Strategy

This is where robocalls are coming from (and where they are targeting)

The FCC’s robocall offensive: text messages and international ‘spoofed’ calls targeted

Robocalls are not only annoying — there’s an entire dirty industry behind them, FTC reveals

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FCC Proposes New Rules to Protect Consumers From Illegal Robocalls, To Include a Safe Harbor for Blocked Calls that Fail Caller ID Authentication

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TCPA Regulatory Update: FCC Allows Default Call Blocking Services, Plans SHAKEN/STIR Summit

FTC reports a sharp increase in phone scams from criminals impersonating IRS, Social Security

Scam robocalls are even fooling hospitals. Here’s how Congress can make that can stop.

FTC announces major crackdown on robocalls

Crackdown targets robocallers that placed 1 billion calls, federal and state officials say

Robocalls are overwhelming hospitals and patients, threatening a new kind of health crisis

Robocalls wreak havoc at hospitals and put patients’ lives in danger: report

Tech Policy Robocalls are overwhelming hospitals and patients, threatening a new kind of health crisis

Here’s How the FCC’s Aggressive New Plan to Combat Robocalls Will Work

Apple introduces new call blocking software with iOS 13 to combat robocalls

Here’s Why You May Start Receiving Fewer Robocalls

Do I Know You? And Other Spam Phone Calls We Can’t Get Rid Of

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Congress And Government Agencies Move Toward Stopping Illegal Robocalls

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Call center scammer who extorted millions from U.S. citizens sentenced to 7 years in prison

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Businesses rally against proposal to block robocalls

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Federal Communications Commission Plans to Combat Robocalls with Carrier-Initiated Blocking

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It Just Got Real: TRACED Act Barrels Across The Senate Goal Line

FCC robocall rule would finally give you a nuclear option for blocking phone spam

How Hackers Broke WhatsApp With Just A Phone Call

Texas House passes bill to prohibit telemarketers from falsifying caller ID

Congress is getting ready to criminalize robocalls

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These robocalls don’t want to talk to you, they just want you to call back, FCC says

Latest Rash of Scam Calls Come From ‘Social Security’

The Robocall Crisis Will Never Be Totally Fixed

Businesses rally against proposal to block robocalls

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Seven Robocall-Related Bills Examined at the House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing

‘They’re doing it on the backs of patients,’ one cancer center warns Congress about robocalls

Phone Companies Are Testing Tech to Catch Spam Calls. Let’s Hope It Works.

You Can’t Stop Robocalls. You Shouldn’t Have To.

Call Center Scam: Indian National Extradited to the U.S. to Face Fraud, Money Laundering Charges

As FCC Steps In, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, May Get Boost To Stop Robocalls

Robo-callers rang Americans’ phones 26 billion times last year. Now, Congress is taking aim.

Call Center Agents Aim to Balance Service and Identification

Scams, phishing calls from IRS running rampant this tax season. How to avoid them

Robocalls: FTC shuts down 4 groups responsible for ‘billions’ of calls

Verizon Set To Offer Free App For Blocking Robocalls, New Tech To Combat Spam

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Call Centers: The Weakest Links in Authentication Chain

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Fight against robocalls continues as AT&T, Comcast complete test of verified call

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Imposter Scams Bilking Consumers of Millions

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Senators Re-Introduce Bi-Partisan Bill to Amend TCPA & Expand Enforcement

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TCPA Expansion Becomes More Likely: TRACED Act Gaining Steam With A “Groundswell” Of Bipartisan Support

News Savvy Scammers May Put Bipartisan Robocall Bill to Test

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Robocalls are rampant despite the Do Not Call list — FCC urges phone providers to help stop them

Your phone is a weapon of deception. Nearly half your 2019 calls will be spam and junk.

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FCC Proposes New Rules to Target Caller ID Spoofing and Issues Report on the Fight Against Illegal Robocalls

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FCC First Report on Illegal Robocalls

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FCC Adopted Proposed Amendment to Truth in Caller ID Rules

The Beginning of the End of Robocalls

FCC chairman warns of ‘regulatory intervention’ as he criticizes carriers’ anti-robocall plans

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Phone Number & Voice Spoofing: Protect Your Enterprise

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Telecom Fraud on the Rise: What Enterprises Need to Know

Dem chair offers bill to crack down on robocalls

Robocallers tried to cash in on the federal government shutdown

Report: Americans got 26.3 billion robocalls last year, up 46 percent from 2017

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Verizon Adds Free Robocall Blocking App for Wireless Customers, Two Years After AT&T, T-Mobile

Why robocalls have gotten worse since the government shutdown

The latest threat from the government shutdown: More robo-calls

Robocalls jumped 60 percent in the U.S. last year and scammers are finding more ways to make money

‘Stop Robocalling Me!’; ‘I Didn’t!’

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Robocalls are annoying, insidious and often illegal — and there’s no “magic solution” to stop them

Social Engineering Rising, KBAs Fading for Call Centers: TRUSTID Fraud Predictions

Senators want to give FTC more authority to combat illegal robocalls

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Bipartisan Bill Introduced In The Senate To Thwart Illegal Robocall Scams

Today In Data: The Rise Of Call Center Fraud

Congress is taking new steps to stop robocall scammers

The FCC has a new plan to combat unwanted robocalls and spammy texts

How the fight against robocalls has become an escalating “arms race” against scammers

Bipartisan Senate bill would penalize illegal robocalls

Enraged by endless robocalls? Help is on the way

Rules against robocalls shouldn’t be loosened

FCC chief tells phone companies to crack down on robocalls, or else. Sort of

FCC pushes carriers to implement caller ID authentication by 2019

The FCC is demanding companies take action to stop nuisance ‘robocalls’

Social Security Warns On New Phone Spoofing Scam

Is ‘the IRS’ asking you to pay by gift card? It’s the latest ‘impostor’ scam.

Is ‘the IRS’ asking you to pay by gift card? It’s the latest ‘impostor’ scam.

Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever

Why robocalls are about to get more dangerous

Apple patent could kill robocalls

You’re not imagining it: Robocalls are on the rise

San Antonio-based company aims to protect phones from attacks

Sick of Spammy Robocalls? Here’s the Truly Surprising Thing the FCC Just Did to Fight Them

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When 911 Is Busy

A telemarketer made about 21 million robocalls in 3 months. The FCC just fined it $82 million.

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Next Year, Half of All Calls to Cell Phones Will Be Scams—And There’s Nothing We Can Do

Overall Voice Fraud Rate Climbs More Than 350%, Banking Second Highest

Spam robocalls will soon account for almost 50% of all calls

An AARP survey found that a majority of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders age 50 and older said they or their families have been targets of fraud.

Robocalls and graffiti after Mollie Tibbetts’ death worry Iowa Latinos

Racist Robocalls Target Andrew Gillum, Democratic Nominee for Florida Governor

It’s not your imagination — robocalls are on the rise

Multimillion-dollar fraud bust highlights tax scam you should watch out for

Sears seeks millions from Caribbean cruise robocall settlement

U.S. Breaks Up Vast I.R.S. Phone Scam

Scammers Finally Punished For Cheating U.S. Taxpayers Out Of Millions Of Dollars

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Lawmakers Urge FCC to Fight Robocalls With Phone Number Database

Social Security Issues Warning About Scams Similar To Those IRS Phone Scams

24 sentenced in international call center scheme that bilked victims of millions

Robo-calls are getting worse. And some big businesses soon could start calling you even more.

DHS, SecureLogix develop TDoS attack defense

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Only Public Pressure Can Cap the Surge of Robocalls

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DHS Partners with SecureLogix to Prevent TDoS Attacks

Comcast or Capital One calling? It may be a robocall scam. Here are the top 10

Robocalls are getting worse, and some cities are top targets

Robocalls aren’t stopping and this time they’re in Chinese

Why Are There So Many Robocalls? Here’s What You Can Do About Them

Court throws out Time Warner Cable $229,500 penalty for 153 robocalls

Those Chinese-language robocalls are a scam to get your bank information, officials say

Curbing Contact Center Authentication Breaches

You think it’s your friend calling, but it’s actually this growing phone scam

There Were 4.1 Billion Robocalls Dialed In The U.S. Last Month

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Caller ID: The Technology Made For Scammers

FTC Accuses Group of Running Empire That Made Billions of Unwanted Robocalls

210 area code hit hard by ‘neighbor spoofing’

Americans received over 16 billion robocalls so far this year—here’s how to stop them

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Robocallers Target Chinese Speakers in Latest Phone Scam

Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore

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Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore

America is losing the war against robocalls

What’s behind all those Chinese-speaking robocalls

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Correction: Robocalls-Lincoln Story

FCC Chairman Accepts Working Group’s Recommendations for Call Authentication

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FCC’s Pai OKs Call Authentication Plan To Beat Robocalls

Florida man behind 100 million robocalls hit with $120 million FCC fine

Chinese Robocalls Bombarding The U.S. Are Part Of An International Phone Scam

Tired of Those Annoying Robocalls? New York Has a Plan to Stop Them

Yes, It’s Bad. Robocalls, and Their Scams, Are Surging.

Lawmakers, tech industry look to thwart robocalls

Alleged ‘face’ of robocalls testifies it’s as easy as the ‘click of a button’

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Alleged ‘robocall’ mastermind denies wrongdoing before U.S. Senate

EC18 News Roundup: Covering the Gamut of Communications

Hackers have taken down dozens of 911 centers. Why is it so hard to stop them?

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Get Started: IRS warns against phone and phishing scams

98 million robocalls hit Americans every day. The FCC’s fines aren’t stopping them.

Police: Call of Shots Fired at Northwestern Graduate Dorm Was ‘Swatting’ Hoax

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FCC and FTC Partner in Upcoming Efforts to Stop Illegal Robocalls

From ‘Spoofing’ To ‘Swatting,’ Experts Say Results Of Thwarting Scam Calls Mixed

Call Centers: In Search Of The 70 Percent Solution

Phone Scams Remain on IRS ‘Dirty Dozen’ List of Tax Scams

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iHeartMedia Faces TCPA Suit Over Radio Station Robocalls

Indian Embassy Telephone Lines in US Spoofed by Fraudsters

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FCC To Take Up Robocalls, 911 Call Routing In March

Apple Repair Center Accidentally Called 911 About 1,600 Times

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JPMorgan Inks $2.25M TCPA Deal Over Robocalls

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JPMorgan Inks $2.25M TCPA Deal Over Robocalls

Identity Thieves Are Running the Same Scams This Tax Season — With a New Twist

Birth Of a Lifeline: The Nation’s 911 Emergency System Turns 50

More Than 11,000 Americans Targeted in India Call Center Tax Fraud

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Robocalls Spike 27% Year-Over-Year to 2.88 Billion Calls Nationwide in January

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IRS Warns Tax Preparers About A New Refund Scam

Big Tech Improvements To 911 System Raise The Risk Of More ‘Swatting’

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Robocall Epidemic Breaks Annual Record with 30.5 Billion Calls in 2017

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FCC Targets Fraudulent Robocalls With New Call Blocking Rules

Thirty Per Cent of Phone Calls in the U.S. Are ‘Robocalls’ That Cause $350 Million Worth of Telemarketing Fraud and More Than 3.4 Million Consumer Complaints Each Year

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Los Angeles Man Arrested in ‘Swatting’ Call That Preceded Fatal Police Shooting in Kansas

Los Angeles Man Arrested in ‘Swatting’ Call That Preceded Fatal Police Shooting in Kansas

Phone Spam Soars to a New Record

Trump Administration, In a Gift to telecom Firms, is Pulling the Plug on Net Neutrality

The Robocall Nightmare is Only Getting Worse — But Help is Here

FCC Approves New Rules to Block Robocalls

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How Call Centers Cope With Ever-Changing Threats And Technology

How Nigerian Scammers Stole $11 Million From the IRS in One of the Biggest Tax Frauds in U.S. History

The Phone Industry Has a Clever Plan to Stop Spam Robocalls

Data: Calling Out Call Center Fraud

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Dozens of Individuals Indicted in Multimillion-Dollar Indian Call Center Scam Targeting U.S. Victims

Robocalls Are Getting Worse, FTC Tells Senate

Shapiro, Casey Call On FCC To Allow Blocking Of Robocalls

Beware – the Equifax Scams Are Coming

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FCC Committee Meets About Unwanted “Robo” Calls; Makes More Recommendations

Equifax Data Breach And Credit Freeze: Beware These 3 Scams

Cyberterrorists Targeting First Responders

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Fraud Among The Threats For Victims Of Hurricane Harvey

Scammers Using Robo-Calls About Insurance to Fleece Hurricane Harvey Survivors

Architect Of A Scary IRS Phone Scam Has Made His Last Call For Now

FCC Proposes $82M Fine For Health Insurance Telemarketer Over Illegal Robocalls

The FCC’s Fight Against Phone-y Calls

FTC Cracking Down On Robocalls

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FCC Proposes New Systems to Reduce Illegal Robocalls and Announces Fine Against Autodialing Platform

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2 More Plead Guilty In Massive Indian Call Center Fraud

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Spam Calls: US Experiences Second Most Spam Calls In The World

Can The FCC Really Put The Kibosh on Robocalls?

FCC Launches New Effort To Crack Down On Robocalls

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FCC Proposes Historic $120 Million Fine for Illegally “Spoofed” Robocalls

FTC Throws Support Behind FCC’s Proposed Anti-Robocall Rule

How Ringless Spam Voicemails Became a Partisan Issue

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June 2017 FCC Meeting Recap: FCC Proposes $120 Million Fine for Alleged “Spoofed Robocall Campaign”

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IRS Cautions Taxpayers to Watch for Summertime Scams

Robocalling Soars Despite ‘Do Not Call’ Registry, As Scammers ‘Couldn’t Care Less’ About Bothering Consumers

Chuck Schumer Is Fighting Back Against Robocalls

Developer Uses Code To Get Revenge On Tech Support And IRS Scammers

Man Accused Of Making Millions Of Robocalls Faces Biggest-Ever FCC Fine

Why Spam Robocalls Are Increasing And What’s Being Done About It

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The Ins and Outs of Call Center Fraud

States Seek a 21st-Century Upgrade to 911 Infrastructures

DHS S&T $1.3M Small Business Innovation Research Awards

Dish Network Ordered to Pay $280M in ‘Robocall’ Lawsuit

Can Annoying Robocall Voicemails Be Stopped? Attorney General, Angry Phone Owners Argue Against New Marketing Tactic

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FTC Gets $2.7M Judgment Over Billions of Unlawful Robocalls

Ringless Voicemails May Become the New Robocalls

GOP Backs Petition to Let Ringless Robo-Call Voicemails be Sent to Your Phones

Mastermind Sagar Thakkar’s Aide Arrested in Delhi in IRS Call Center Scam

Robocalls On The Rise

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TCPA Update: FCC Seeks Guidance on Proposed Robocall-Blocking Rule

Robocalls Flooding Your Cellphone? Here’s How to Stop Them

FCC “Strike Force” in War Against Robocalls

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Monthly Robocalls Spike at 2.5 Billion Calls Received Across U.S. in April

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Mom Blames Death of Infant Son on T-Mobile 911 Flaw

What Is Neighbor Spoofing?

Indian Police Allege IRS, FBI, Other Law Enforcement Not Interested In Phone Scam Arrests

Here’s How Much Phone Scams Cost Americans Last Year…

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Robocall Scams Are Costing Us Billions — And Millennials Are A Prime Target

HHS Watchdog Agency Issues Phone Scam Warning

Department of Homeland Security Says OIG Hotline Compromised in Phone Spoofing Scam

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Stopping TDoS Attacks

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Macy’s Accused Of Harassing Consumers With Robocalls

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FCC Combats Spoofed Robocalls

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Beware of IRS Phone Scam During Tax Season

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Beware The Many Health-Care Scams

Cheyenne Police Issue Phony Crash Scam Warning

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Scammer Says Uncle Sam Sent Him

Residents Be Wary of Phone Scam: Waterford Police

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2 Research Programs Work to Stop TDoS Attacks on 9-1-1 Centers

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Apple Fixes 911 Flaw in Latest iOS Update

Dallas Says T-Mobile Not at Fault for ‘Ghost’ 911 Calls

Two Dead After T-Mobile ‘Ghost Calls’ Flood 911 Center in Texas

Dallas Believes T-Mobile Fixes Problem With 911 Calls

FTC Reveals Red Flags to Detect Impostor Scams, The New No. 1 Fraud

How Homeland Security Plans To End the Scourge of DDoS Attacks

New Bill Would Push for Cybersecurity Improvements at 911 Call Centers

Exploit That Caused iPhones to Repeatedly Dial 911 Reveals Grave Cybersecurity Threat, Say Experts

How a Cyberattack Overwhelmed the 911 System

How Homeland Security Plans to End TDoS Attacks

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FCC Chair Wants Carriers to Block Robocalls From Spoofed Numbers

National 911 Cyber Attack Was First Detected in Tarrant County

FCC Puts Robocalls, Prison Phones at the Top of its Agenda

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Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls

Collaboration Key for Cloud Communications Security

The VoIP Addict’s Guide – VoIP Security Fact and Fiction

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Communication APIs Mark Uncharted Waters for UC Security

Avoiding Tax Disaster — Beware Of These 4 Common Tax Scams

FBI Warning UT Austin About Phone Scam

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UC Security Lags Despite the Cloud Creating New Threats

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FTC, States Put Remaining Defendants in Massive Caribbean Cruise Lines Robocall Operation in Permanent Dry Dock

St. Paul Jewish Community Center Evacuated in Wave of U.S. Bomb Threats

Are You A Victim Of These Scams Targeting Seniors

The Forgotten Security Frontier: How Secure Are Your Phone Calls?

The Next Generation of Cyber Attacks — PDoS, TDoS, and Others

The Next Generation of Cyber Attacks — PDoS, TDoS, and Others

Will Trump Administration Mean More Robocalls?

What if hackers could knock off 911 Emergency Telephony Network?

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Robo-call Bomb Threat Made Against Cape Elizabeth Middle School

Consumer Groups Urge New FCC Chairman Not to Reverse Robo-Call Limits For Student Debt Collectors

Stopping Senior Scams: Developments in Financial Fraud Affecting Seniors

‘Has Anybody Gone to Prison for Violating the F.C.C.’s Do Not Call List?’

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Tips for Fighting ‘Can You Hear Me Now’ and Other Robocalls

The Dos and Don’ts of Securing Your VoIP Communications

We All Know Email Can Be Hacked, But What’s Next? (Shhh It’s Voice)

Unified Communications Devices Open Up Security Problems

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Police: Bomb Threats Last Year in Stark County Were National, Recordings

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FTC Announces Crackdown on Two Massive Illegal Robocall Operations

FBI Looking for Source of ‘Robocall’ Bomb Threats to Jewish Centers

49% of Businesses Fell Victim to Cyber Ransom Attacks in 2016

Jewish Centers In At Least 9 States Receive Bomb Threats

CRTC Launches Follow-Up Consultation Into Identifying and Reducing Nuisance Calls

‘I Thought I Was Impervious to Scams’: Readers Denounce India’s Phone Swindlers

Police Investigate Bomb Threat Robocall to Long Neck Elementary

Attackers Can Make It Impossible to Dial 911

Be Prepared: The Top ‘Social Engineering’ Scams Of 2017

AT&T Takes Aim At Scam Callers

AT&T Starts Robocalls Crackdown With ‘Call Protect’ Service To Block Spam Phone Calls: How It Works:

Top 10 Phone Scams of 2016: Here’s How To Protect Yourself

The Top 5 VoIP Security Risks and Their Controls

Callers For Dollars: Inside India’s Scam Call Centers

Hello, You’ve Been Compromised: Upward Attack Trend Targeting VoIP Protocol SIP

Inside the Indian IRS Scam That Cheated U.S. Taxpayers Out of Millions

Pulling our head out of the sand on cybersecurity

Man indicted in Cyberattack on Phoenix-Area 911 Call Systems

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Exploring Telephony Denial of Service

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iOS WebView Bug Can Force iPhones to Make Calls While UI Freezes

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Counting The Cost Of Voicemail Hacking

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iOS WebView Auto Dialer Bug

Phone Industry’s Robocall Strike Force Not Yet Ready For Battle

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What If Hackers Could Knock Off 911 Emergency Telephony Network?

The Day The 911 Network Stood Still

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VoIP Security Focus: How to Protect Your Phone System from IT Vulnerabilities [Infographic]

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VoIP Security Focus: How to Prevent VoIP Theft of Service

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The Need for VoIP Security: Vulnerabilities and Defensive Tactics