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HOW TELCOS CAN AVOID FALLING VICTIM TO CYBERCRIMINALS
Trend Micro provides us with insightful recommendations for how companies in the telecommunications sector can improve the security posture of their IT infrastructure .
Telecommunications is just one field of research for IT teams . In a new report , Islands of Telecom : Risks in IT , this sector is compared to what appears to be an archipelago that is connected by a large landmass beneath an ocean of IT . The characteristics of telecommunications may seem different from each other , but they all come together as the basis of everything .
In this research , Trend Micro , a world leader in cybersecurity , summarizes the characteristics , potential threats and recommendations to improve the security posture of telecommunications companies . The following are some areas of concern that are developed in the analysis :
Voice interception
Voice calls are still one of the most reliable types of communication . Nevertheless , cybercriminals
Cybercriminals take advantage of the environment , infrastructure and interconnection to implement remote attack scenarios .
take advantage of the environment , infrastructure and interconnection to implement remote attack scenarios . Given the level of presumed trust , voice call interception attacks often target senior executives , key political figures , lawyers , journalists and activists , to name a few . This kind of attack gains access to highvalue information that can be used , for example , to influence the outcome in negotiations or trade .
Recommendation : Incident Response ( IR ) teams can monitor and track when abuse and fraud occur , enabling them to issue alert patterns and predict
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