News Stories about Robocalls, Spoofing & Phone Fraud - SecureLogix

The Caller ID Conundrum: The Challenge and Solution in Restoring Trust in the Public Telephone Network

Who’s Calling?: Augment Your Collections Strategy by Telling Consumers Who’s on the Line

Think you can spot an AI phone scam? Think again.

Thousands of scammers impersonate finance watchdog

Las Vegas Call Center Owner Charged After Fraud, Feds Reveal

Fake call center ‘duping’ US citizens raided in Hyderabad, 115 Fraudsters Held

Russia accuses Ukraine of orchestrating a phone scam scheme to trick elderly Russians into setting military recruitment offices on fire amid string of arson attacks

SMS Fraud Takes A Toll: The Evolving Threat of SMS Pumping and Toll Fraud

Feds announce results of their crackdown on telemarketers

What Is Smishing? Definition, Examples & Protection

3 Tips for Healthcare Organizations to Guard Against Vishing and Smishing

Captive Audience: Why Contact Center Employees Make Ideal Vishing Targets

FIRESIDE CHAT: Outrageous phone bills stun businesses targeted for ‘SMS toll fraud’

The rise of AI phone scams

A 3-hour phone call that brought her to tears: Imposter scams cost Americans billions

Generative AI is making voice scams easier to believe

FCC orders Avid Telecom to stop health insurance-related robocalls

Now Social Engineering Attackers Have AI. Do You?

iSpoof Admin Gets Up to 13 Years in 115M Euro Vishing Fraud

How Social Engineering Attacks Target CEOs

Call Center Security Equals Customer Satisfaction

Robocalls keep coming: Here’s how consumers can minimize the calls

Scam Calls and New Technology

Permiso Discovers Smishing Attack to Steal AWS Credentials

The Human Factor In Cybersecurity: Understanding Social Engineering

AI can replicate voices in high-tech phone call scams, FTC warns

Tired of Scam Text Messages? The FCC Cracks Down

Scam Robocalls Forecast to Cost $58bn This Year

Does Your Help Desk Know Who’s Calling?

Hello? Is That a Cybercriminal? A Look at Vishing Attacks

What can we learn from the latest Coinbase cyberattack?

AiThority Interview with Lori Anne, Director of Product Development & Management at Verizon

Branded Caller ID: The Pros And Cons In The Battle Against Phone Scams

A New Scam Is Making the Rounds Just in Time for Tax Season

Smishing: The new year is here — and so are new scams

U.S. Attorney’s Office Warns Residents About Scam Calls Demanding Money

Vice Society Ransomware Attackers Adopt Robust Encryption Methods

Recent phishing attacks shatter confidence in cybersecurity controls

AI-armed cyberattacks may get lethal in next 5 years, warns report

FCC orders block on company tied to fraudulent student loan robocalls

How To Uncover And Prevent Telecom Fraud On CPaaS Platforms

Putting The Power Of Call Branding Where It Belongs: In The Hands Of Companies

Luna Moth Gang Invests in Call Centers to Target Businesses with Callback Phishing Campaigns

11 Types of Social Engineering Attacks

Multichannel Phishing Extends to Threats Beyond Email

PA Attorney General Files Suit against NY-Based Fluent for Their Role in the Illegal Distribution of Robocalls to PA Consumers

Culprit Behind Twilio Hack Traced to Earlier Vishing Attack That Nabbed Employee Credentials

SMiShing in Social Engineering News

Woman with an operator headset against a backdrop of computer code.

Hackers Using Vishing to Trick Victims into Installing Android Banking Malware

What Is a Telephony Denial of Service (TDoS) Attack?

Rossen Reports: We found something more annoying than robocalls

“Google Voice Scam” targeting people selling items online

New York Man Enters Guilty Plea to Laundering Monies Connected to Proceeds from Facilitating Fraudulent Robocalls

What is Vishing and Is It A Threat to Your Business?

How can companies keep up with social engineering attacks?

Shaking up caller ID

HC3 alerts to social engineering risk, rise in vishing attacks on healthcare

A monumental case looks to crack open the world of auto-warranty robocalls

Conti Cybercrime Cartel Using ‘BazarCall’ Phishing Attacks as Initial Attack Vector

The Robocalls Problem Is So Bad That the FCC Actually Did Something

FCC’s New Proposed Rules Would Apply Traffic-Pumping Triggers to VoIP Providers

Nearly half of organizations experienced a vishing or social engineering attack in the last year

The nonstop scam economy is costing us more than just money

Robocalls Are (Finally) Being Shaken Up

5 social engineering assumptions that are wrong

Proofpoint: Social engineering attacks slipping past users

Here’s Why You’re Still Stuck in Robocall Hell

Vishing attacks: What they are and how organizations can protect themselves

Phone scammers manage to secure $39.5 Billion by fraud this year

FCC taking action to stop foreign robocalls following request from Attorney General Moody

Attackers turn to vishing: 550 percent increase seen in vishing attacks

U.S. Phones Received Over 3.9 Billion Robocalls in April, Says YouMail Robocall Index

Financial fraud, account takeover via voice channels on the rise

Social Engineering News: Vishing

‘It looks like this is the real deal’: Jacksonville man warns of DNA test scam

Overseas Call Centers Bombard People They Target for Fraud

In Thai villages, Chinese gangs recruit desperate for phone scams

WA launches new way to report illegal robocalls

Spring is in the air, along with new phone scams targeting local seniors

Microsoft Warns of Phone-Based Social Engineering Attacks

How to spot scam artists impersonating the IRS

10 Russia-Ukraine war scams hitting you via email, phone, and social media

Student loan scams are on the rise as the pause on payments is due to expire

Fraudsters are using bots to drain cryptocurrency accounts

Phone Calls for Donations to the Police Could be a Scam

10 Essentials to Protect Your Loved One — and Yourself — From Fraud

Is this a scam? Here are some tips to identify fakers over the phone

Elder fraud results in far more than nearly $191 million reported in Ohio, study says

TCSO Warns Tulsans About ‘Convincing’ Phone Scams

Sounds Phishy – The Rise of Vishing Scams

Criminal hackers are now going after phone lines, too

From buying call lists to going straight to voicemail, robocallers try new tactics to evade crackdowns

When a Hacker Calls: How Robinhood Fell Victim to a Vishing Raid

SEC Warning as Phishing and Vishing Attacks Mount

Voice of the consumer: Veterans more likely to fall for scams

NY Moves To Crack Down On Robocalls. Don’t Expect The Scammers To Go Quietly

Robocalls, Still The Bane Of Our Existence

Indiana’s attorney general sues companies blamed for millions of robocalls across the US

There Is No Escape From America’s Robocall Hell

FCC unveils its methods to stop SIM swapping scams and robocalls

Juniper Research: Robocall Fraud to Cost Consumers $40 Billion Globally in 2022, as Standardised Mitigation Frameworks Become Priority

Leader of massive robocall scam with 4,000 victims in the U.S. gets 22-year prison term

This tricky new email campaign cons YOU into calling scammers

Conservative hoaxers face $5.1M fine for election robocalls

Why phone scams are so difficult to tackle

FCC Adopts Two Items, Continues to Tackle Robocalls at August Open Meeting

Opinion: “Hello? Hello?” The Pain Of Pandemic Robocalls

Watch out for new fraudster tricks

New FCC rule aims to curb scam calls

NJ Septic Company That Made 45 Million Robocalls Fined, Ordered to Dissolve

Stop deepfakes with employee awareness training and better personal data management

DHS Awards Nearly $1M to Small Business to Secure NG9-1-1 Multimedia Content

T-Mobile and Verizon Have Implemented the FCC’s Anti-Spoofing system

Robocalls Are Out Of Control. But That Could All Change Today

Americans Lost $29.8 Billion to Phone Scams Alone Over the Past Year

FCC Reminders RE STIR/SHAKEN and Robocall Mitigation Database

FCC Adopts Rules for Online Robocall Reporting Portal

Vishing, doxing, and the Ruthlessness of Ransomware Gangs

Phishing, Vishing, and Smishing—Your Employees Need to Know the Newest Schemes

Hybrid Phishing/Vishing Attacks Imitate Business Workflows

Geek Squad Vishing Attack Bypasses Email Security to Hit 25K Mailboxes

FCC Adopts Order Under TRACED Act for Reporting Unlawful Robocalls and Caller ID Spoofing

Hospitals Held for Ransom by Flood of Robocalls: 5 Details

Vishing: How to Avoid Getting Scammed

What is Vishing? The Voice Phishing Social Engineering Scam Explained

Pandemic Lockdowns Have Curbed Robocalls. The Telecom Industry Is Trying To Keep Them From Coming Back.

FCC Proposes Earlier Caller ID Authentication Deadline for Small Voice Service Providers

Employment scams as phishbait. Data use transparency. Vishing, as a spoofed utility.

Bank of Hawaii Issues Vishing Fraud Warning

Just Under 4 Billion Robocalls in May Mark 9.9% Monthly Drop, Says YouMail Robocall Index

FCC to Establish Online Portal for Submitting Suspected Robocall and Spoofing Information

Fraudsters employ Amazon ‘vishing’ attacks in fake order scams

FCC to Consider Proposed Rulemaking on Call Authentication

Americans Bombarded with Robocalls from Amazon Impostors

Biden signs executive order to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses after Colonial Pipeline hack

Vishing attacks spoof Amazon to try to steal your credit card information

FCC wants to cut robocalls from smaller operators

Why cybercriminals looking to steal personal info are using text messages as bait

New technology has enabled cyber-crime on an industrial scale

The FCC is going to hold providers accountable for anti-robocall efforts

FCC Launches Robocall Mitigation Database for Voice Service Providers

Robocall Record: 7.4 Billion Spam Texts Surpass Total Robocalls By More Than 1 Billion Messages In March 2021

Booking.com Fined Following Vishing Attack

Lessons from Inside the Fraud Factory

The Supreme Court Just Gutted A Thirty-Year-Old Law Against Robocalls

Rise of the Robocall

FCC enforces largest fine ever against telemarketers who made 1 billion robocalls

Yes, you are getting lots of robocalls again

4.6 Billion Robocalls in February Mark 15.1% Monthly Increase

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

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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

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Work-from-home call centers have the attention of fraudsters

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

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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

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

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

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Confessions of a Call Center Scammer

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

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

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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

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Swatting Attacks Target Facebook and Other Tech Execs

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Cybersecurity Researchers find Spoofing Vulnerability in Android’s VoIP Components

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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

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

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

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

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

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Why The Call Center Is The Vector Of Choice For Fraudsters

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

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Call Centers Move Away From KBA With MFA Solutions

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Can We Stop The Scourge Of Robocalls?

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The Threat of Toll Fraud Persists

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

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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

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

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Inside your phone company’s plan to stop robocalls

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

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Scammers are impersonating FBI phone numbers and agents, agency says

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Legitimate phone calls are getting blocked in crackdown on robocalls

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

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Phone companies and all 50 states strike deal to fight robocalls

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Major Carriers, State AGs Will Work to Combat Robocalls

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Will Congress act to stop robocalls?

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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

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

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Duped by a Robocall From Overseas? It Was Legal

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Federal Communications Commission Takes Another Step To Try And Stop Robocalls

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House panel advances anti-robocall bill

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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FTC announces major crackdown on robocalls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Here’s Why You May Start Receiving Fewer Robocalls

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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

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

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How Hackers Broke WhatsApp With Just A Phone Call

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Texas House passes bill to prohibit telemarketers from falsifying caller ID

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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

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Latest Rash of Scam Calls Come From ‘Social Security’

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The Robocall Crisis Will Never Be Totally Fixed

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Businesses rally against proposal to block robocalls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Call Center Agents Aim to Balance Service and Identification

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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The Beginning of the End of Robocalls

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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

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Dem chair offers bill to crack down on robocalls

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Robocallers tried to cash in on the federal government shutdown

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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

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Why robocalls have gotten worse since the government shutdown

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

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

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Stop Robocalling Me!

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

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

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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

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Today In Data: The Rise Of Call Center Fraud

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Congress is taking new steps to stop robocall scammers

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

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

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Bipartisan Senate bill would penalize illegal robocalls

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Enraged by endless robocalls? Help is on the way

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Rules against robocalls shouldn’t be loosened

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

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FCC pushes carriers to implement caller ID authentication by 2019

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

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Social Security Warns On New Phone Spoofing Scam

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

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

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Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever

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Why robocalls are about to get more dangerous

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Apple patent could kill robocalls

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

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San Antonio-based company aims to protect phones from attacks

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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

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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

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

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

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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.

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Robocalls and graffiti after Mollie Tibbetts’ death worry Iowa Latinos

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Racist Robocalls Target Andrew Gillum, Democratic Nominee for Florida Governor

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

WHAT IS TELEPHONY DENIAL OF SERVICE (TDOS) ATTACK AND HOW TO PREVENT SUCH ATTACK

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

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Sears seeks millions from Caribbean cruise robocall settlement

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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Robocalls are getting worse, and some cities are top targets

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

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

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

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

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Curbing Contact Center Authentication Breaches

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

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

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Caller ID: The Technology Made For Scammers

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

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210 area code hit hard by ‘neighbor spoofing’

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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

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Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore

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Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore

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America is losing the war against robocalls

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What’s behind all those Chinese-speaking robocalls

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Correction: Robocalls-Lincoln Story

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FCC Chairman Accepts Working Group’s Recommendations for Call Authentication

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FCC’s Pai OKs Call Authentication Plan To Beat Robocalls

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

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

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

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

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Lawmakers, tech industry look to thwart robocalls

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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

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EC18 News Roundup: Covering the Gamut of Communications

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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

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

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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

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

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Call Centers: In Search Of The 70 Percent Solution

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

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iHeartMedia Faces TCPA Suit Over Radio Station Robocalls

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Indian Embassy Telephone Lines in US Spoofed by Fraudsters

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FCC To Take Up Robocalls, 911 Call Routing In March

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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Phone Spam Soars to a New Record

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

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

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FCC Approves New Rules to Block Robocalls

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How Call Centers Cope With Ever-Changing Threats And Technology

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

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The Phone Industry Has a Clever Plan to Stop Spam Robocalls

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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

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Robocalls Are Getting Worse, FTC Tells Senate

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Shapiro, Casey Call On FCC To Allow Blocking Of Robocalls

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Beware – the Equifax Scams Are Coming

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

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Equifax Data Breach And Credit Freeze: Beware These 3 Scams

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Cyberterrorists Targeting First Responders

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Fraud Among The Threats For Victims Of Hurricane Harvey

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

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

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

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The FCC’s Fight Against Phone-y Calls

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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

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Can The FCC Really Put The Kibosh on Robocalls?

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FCC Launches New Effort To Crack Down On Robocalls

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

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

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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

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

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Chuck Schumer Is Fighting Back Against Robocalls

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

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

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

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The Ins and Outs of Call Center Fraud

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States Seek a 21st-Century Upgrade to 911 Infrastructures

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

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

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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

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Ringless Voicemails May Become the New Robocalls

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

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

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Robocalls On The Rise

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

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

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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

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What Is Neighbor Spoofing?

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

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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

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HHS Watchdog Agency Issues Phone Scam Warning

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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

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Cheyenne Police Issue Phony Crash Scam Warning

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Scammer Says Uncle Sam Sent Him

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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

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

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

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Dallas Believes T-Mobile Fixes Problem With 911 Calls

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

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How Homeland Security Plans To End the Scourge of DDoS Attacks

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New Bill Would Push for Cybersecurity Improvements at 911 Call Centers

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How a Cyberattack Overwhelmed the 911 System

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How Homeland Security Plans to End TDoS Attacks

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FCC Chair Wants Carriers to Block Robocalls From Spoofed Numbers

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National 911 Cyber Attack Was First Detected in Tarrant County

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

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Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls

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Collaboration Key for Cloud Communications Security

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

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Communication APIs Mark Uncharted Waters for UC Security

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Avoiding Tax Disaster — Beware Of These 4 Common Tax Scams

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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

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

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Are You A Victim Of These Scams Targeting Seniors

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

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

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

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Will Trump Administration Mean More Robocalls?

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What if hackers could knock off 911 Emergency Telephony Network?

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Robo-call Bomb Threat Made Against Cape Elizabeth Middle School

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

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Stopping Senior Scams: Developments in Financial Fraud Affecting Seniors

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‘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

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The Dos and Dont’s of Securing Your VoIP Communications

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

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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

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

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

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Jewish Centers In At Least 9 States Receive Bomb Threats

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

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

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Police Investigate Bomb Threat Robocall to Long Neck Elementary

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Attackers Can Make It Impossible to Dial 911

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

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AT&T Takes Aim At Scam Callers

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

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

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The Top 5 VoIP Security Risks and Their Controls

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Callers For Dollars: Inside India’s Scam Call Centers

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

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

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Pulling our head out of the sand on cybersecurity

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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

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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?

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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

Gaza’s cybercriminals get rich hacking Internet-based phone lines