[Webinar] In-country Identification of Fraudulent and Unregulated Mobile Devices
In-country identification of fraudulent and unregulated mobile devices is a challenge for service providers in the mobile ecosystem.
In our efforts…
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Addressing duplicate IMEIs with DeviceAssure
The mobile ecosystem and IMEIs
In the mobile operator ecosystem, the IMEI of a device is a critical identifier on which many decisions are based.
If the…
Shop Safe Act – eCommerce Platform Requirements
The Shop Safe Act is set to make eCommerce platforms liable for counterfeit products sold on their websites. Learn more below, including the advised best…
ITU Activity on Counterfeit Phones and Duplicate IMEIs
As part of our work on device authentication, Afilias Technologies spends time working with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Founded in…
India Today investigation reveals Delhi’s blossoming counterfeit smartphone markets
A special investigation by India Today uncovered a bustling counterfeit smartphone industry emerging in the heart of New Delhi.
They discovered “small-time…
DeviceAssure at the 2019 New York Cyber Security Summit
On October 3rd, DeviceAssure headed to New York to give a presentation at the Cyber Security Summit.
We were joined by industry leaders, security experts and…
The danger of counterfeit devices on public WiFi networks
Public Wifi is a relatively recent addition to consumer connection options. Usually found in airports, coffee shops and anywhere else people congregate, they provide a…
5,000 counterfeit smartphones worth almost $1 million seized in Philadelphia
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted a shipment of almost 4,500 counterfeit smartphones in Philadelphia, PA.
The shipment originated in China and transited through the…
Trail Of Bits counterfeit smartphones teardown
In July 2018, Motherboard published details of a fake iPhone, investigated by Trail Of Bits, a New York-based software security group.
We…
Fake iPhones on sale in Dublin shop – Gardaí investigating
An electronics shop in west Dublin has attracted the interest of local Gardaí after receiving complaints regarding smartphones sold there.
A local woman discovered her iPhone…