“Lock them up and torture them”: Indian mobile spam measures aren’t working

We’ve reported before on the problems of spam mobile texts and calls in India. News today indicates the measures taken haven’t been sufficient. Shantaram Naik, an Indian Member of Parliament, has called for heads of unscrupulous mobile service provides to “be put behind bars and tortured”

Cloudmark launches anti-spam for SMS and messaging

Mobile messaging security company Cloudmark has today announced it’s new security solution, Mobile Authority. It’s basically an anti-spam solution, which is attempting to combat the three major security abuses of SMS. First, abusive or spam texts. Second, texts with malicious or virus content. Third, phishing or fraud SMS.

How to deal with mobile spam the Chinese way - severe restrictions for all!

You’ve got to love this. Apparently Chinese mobile networks are so horrifyingly clogged with spam texts that the government has been spurred to action. In order to combat this, the number of texts that any mobile can send will be restricted. What kind of effect will this have on those responsible for the spamming? Probably [...]

Vietnam introduces anti-spam SMS regulations

The extremely dramatically named Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team has issued a solution for reducing the number of spam SMS sent in the country. The document suggests that all networks have to label outgoing bulk advertising texts as such, and customers will be given the chance to refuse the text before it is received.

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Spam and security concerns a growing issue for SMS

Two stories surfaced today about potential problems for SMS. They concern spam attacks through text messages and special texts that can destroy the SMS functions of a mobile phone.
Spam:
A recent survey from Cloudmark shows that all the top 12 mobile operators across Europe anticipate more and more spam SMS. This is driven by mass adoption [...]

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