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Robocall ‘hijacking’ is on the rise, report warns – Fox News

Robocall ‘hijacking’ is on the rise, report warns  Fox News

Robocallers are alive and kicking as they constantly change tactics, a new report says.

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Verizon offers free robocall blocking, two years after AT&T and T-Mobile

A Verizon logo at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Enlarge / A Verizon logo at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)

Verizon yesterday said it will make spam and robocall blocking features free for all wireless customers starting in March, about two years after AT&T and T-Mobile began offering free robocall blocking.

“In March, we will be rolling out our free spam alerting and call blocking tools to all of our wireless customers whose smartphones support these features, including iPhone and Android devices,” Verizon’s announcement said. “There will be more information on how to sign up for the free service as we get closer to launch.”

Verizon added call and spam screening features more than a year ago to its $ 2.99-per-month Call Filter product, which also lets customers see contact details for unknown callers. Verizon pointed to research showing that its system “correctly identified potential problem phone numbers approximately 93.6 percent of the time.”

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Smashing Security #097: Dash cam surveillance, robocall plague, and Zoho woe

Smashing Security #097: Dash cam surveillance, robocall plague, and Zoho woe

Why was Zoho’s website taken offline by its own domain registrar? How are dash cams making you less secure? And why are robocalls on the rise in the United States?

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by The Cyberwire’s Dave Bittner.

Graham Cluley

Robocall Strike Force set to take wraps off battle plan

Two months after accepting its marching orders, the federal Robocall Strike Force chaired by AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson and featuring industry heavyweights such as Verizon, Google and Apple, will tomorrow make public its plan for dramatically reducing the torrent of automated phone calls.

“The Robocall Strike Force is an industry-led group which has been working to develop comprehensive solutions to prevent, detect, and filter unwanted robocalls,” says the FCC.  “Robocalls and telemarketing calls are the number one source of consumer complaints received by the FCC.  However, giving consumers meaningful control over the calls and texts they receive requires collective action by the industry.”

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