Generated SMS Traffic: Unveiling the Underground Scheme
A practice that preys upon unsuspecting mobile users, carriers, and businesses. We’ll delve into what Generated SMS Traffic is
How SMS Can Help Ensure Business Continuity during Disruptions
To ensure business continuity during these disruptions, it is important to have a robust and reliable communication system in place.
The Importance of SMS for Cybersecurity
SMS is a simple and effective way to secure your digital identity. It is widely used for two-factor authentication (2FA)
MCC and MNC Codes in Mobile Network Identification
The Mobile Country Code (MCC) is a three-digit code that is used to identify the country in which a mobile network operates.
Telecom Prefixes
Maintaining an up to date Mobile Network prefix database could end up being one of the most tedious tasks within your Connectivity/Routing teams.
SMS Short Codes
Short codes, or short numbers, are short digit sequences, significantly shorter than telephone numbers, that are used to address messages in the Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) and short message service (SMS) systems of mobile network operators. In addition to messaging, they may be used in abbreviated dialing.
Premium-Rated Short Codes
Short messages may be used normally to provide premium rate services to subscribers of a telephone network. Mobile-terminated short messages can be used to deliver digital content such as news alerts, financial information
SMS Spoofing
The GSM industry has identified a number of potential fraud attacks on mobile operators that can be delivered via abuse of SMS messaging services. The most serious threat is SMS Spoofing, which occurs when a fraudster manipulates address information in order to impersonate a user
Application-To-Person (A2P) SMS
A2P is delivered through Mobile SMS carriers/gateways. While SMS reached its popularity as a person-to-person (P2P) messaging, another type of SMS is growing fast: application-to-person (A2P) messaging.
Home Location Register (HLR)
The home location register (HLR) is a central database that contains details of each mobile phone subscriber that is authorized to use the GSM core network. There can be several logical, and physical, HLRs per public land mobile network (PLMN)