Federal Communications Commission – Computer Security Articles

Why You Should Opt Out of Sharing Data With Your Mobile Provider

March 20, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, AT&T, CCPA, cpni, custom experience plus, customer proprietary network information, data breaches, Electronic Privacy Information Center, enhanced relevant advertising program, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, gavin wright, maids, mashable, mobile advertising ids, T-Mobile, techtarget, Verizon, verizon custom experience plus, verizon selects, Verizon Wireless

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:47:56 +0000

A new breach involving data from nine million AT&T customers is a fresh reminder that your mobile provider likely collects and shares a great deal of information about where you go and what you do with your mobile device — unless and until you affirmatively opt out of this data collection. Here’s a primer on why you might want to do that, and how. Certain questions might be coming to mind right now, like “What the heck is CPNI?” And, ‘If it’s so ‘customer proprietary,’ why is AT&T sharing it with marketers?” Also maybe, “What can I do about it?” Read on for answers to all three questions.

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FCC warns of steep rise in phishing over SMS

August 5, 2022 admin FCC, Federal Communications Commission, personally identifiable information, PII, Robokiller, robotexts, smishing, sms phishing, Social engineering, stir/shaken

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:39:42 +0000

Smishing attacks, or phishing attempts via SMS, are on the rise, and Americans are fighting off billions of spam messages each month.

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Low-income consumers preyed on by fake ISP during pandemic, FCC says

July 14, 2022 admin affordable connectivity program, cleo communications, covid-19, ebb, emergency broadband benefit, fake isp, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, kyle traxler, notice of apparent liability for forfeiture, scams

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:29:56 +0000

Cleo Communications took advantage of the FCC’s EBB program to scam those already struggling with money when the pandemic struck.

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TikTok is “unacceptable security risk” and should be removed from app stores, says FCC

July 5, 2022 admin ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, brendan carr, bytedance, ccp, china's trojan horse, Communist Party of China, Data Collection, Data Privacy, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, michael beckerman, Oracle, privacy, sundar pichai, surveillance tool, TikTok, tiktok privacy issues, tim cook

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:51:08 +0000

According to the FCC commissioner, TikTok being a video app is the “sheep’s clothing”, suggesting a wolf hides underneath those funny videos.

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FCC Proposes to Fine Wireless Carriers $200M for Selling Customer Location Data

February 28, 2020 admin FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy, Gigi Sohn, Joseph Cox, New York Times, Securus Technologies, Sen. Ron Wyden, The Coming Storm, vice.com, Wall Street Journal

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:12:10 +0000

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed fines of more than $200 million against the nation’s four largest wireless carriers for selling access to their customers’ location information without taking adequate precautions to prevent unauthorized access to that data. While the fines would be among the largest the FCC has ever levied, critics say the penalties don’t go far enough to deter wireless carriers from continuing to sell customer location data.

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Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do.

August 7, 2019 admin A Little Sunshine, Aaron Mackey, Andy Greenberg, AT&T, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Federal Communications Commission, Gigi Sohn, Google Voice, Nicholas Truglia, robocalls, SIM swapping, The Coming Storm, wired

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:43:58 +0000

Incessantly annoying and fraudulent robocalls. Corrupt wireless company employees taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to unlock and hijack mobile phone service. Wireless providers selling real-time customer location data, despite repeated promises to the contrary. A noticeable uptick in SIM-swapping attacks that lead to multi-million dollar cyberheists. If you are somehow under the impression that you — the customer — are in control over the security, privacy and integrity of your mobile phone service, think again. And you’d be forgiven if you assumed the major wireless carriers or federal regulators had their hands firmly on the wheel.

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Why Is Your Location Data No Longer Private?

May 26, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Ajit Pai, Amazon, Andrew Smith, AOL, apple, AT&T, AT&T Mobility, CDT, Center for Democracy & Technology, comcast, CompuServe, Donald Trump, Facebook, FCC, FCC privacy rules, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, FTC Act, Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy, Gigi Sohn, go90, google, LocationSmart, Michelle De Mooy, net neutrality, Securus Technologies, Sen. Bill Nelson, Sen. Ron Wyden, Slate, Sponsored Data, Sprint, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm, The Hill, The New York Times, Tom Wheeler, TracFone, Verizon, Will Oremus

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 16:18:48 +0000

The past month has seen one blockbuster revelation after another about how our mobile phone and broadband providers have been leaking highly sensitive customer information, including real-time location data and customer account details. In the wake of these consumer privacy debacles, many are left wondering who’s responsible for policing these industries? How exactly did we get to this point? What prospects are there for changes to address this national privacy crisis at the legislative and regulatory levels? These are some of the questions we’ll explore in this article.

Independent MotherBoard Security

More Than 80% Of All Net Neutrality Comments Were Sent By Bots, Researchers Say

October 3, 2017 admin astroturf, astroturfing, bots, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, net neutrality, Open Internet, spam, Title II

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:24:41 +0000

95 percent of all organic comments favored net neutrality, according to the analysis.

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