[sipnoc25-attendees] BOF - Text Messaging Threats & Compliance

[David Frankel]

Hi fellow SIPNOC'ers -

 

The SIPNOC overview makes references to Text Authentication and Robotext
mitigation, but there isn't anything on the program agenda explicitly
addressing texting.

 

How about a Tuesday night BoF on this broad topic? I have a few specific
morsels I can take a few minutes to share:

 

1) I've worked with an academic group that's demonstrated an AI-based
capability to engage with pig butchers at scale, following the bad actors
from SMS to other messaging platforms over multiple interactions lasting
weeks or months, culminating in a financial ask. I'm hoping to connect this
team with telecom providers that can help them take this to a next level,
with the goal of learning enough about the fraudsters'  operations so they
can be intercepted before causing further financial harm. What they've done
so far is, I think, pretty cool.

 

2) Separately, our Robocall Surveillance Platform has collected hundreds of
thousands of unsolicited text messages (both SMS and MMS). We analyze
message contents and track senders (by NNID for 10DLC source numbers). I can
share what we are seeing, including messages that apparently originate from
SIMboxes.

 

3) We query short-code senders with HELP and capture their responses. I can
report on code-holders' compliance with the mandate to respond to these
requests.

 

Please let me know if you'd like to participate and if there are other
texting topics you'd like to add. If I get minimal interest, I'll ask Marc
for a room and a time and we'll hope to drive attendance and have a good
discussion. We can prioritize our agenda to reflect group priorities.

 

I have a handout for #1 - if you're interested and aren't able to attend the
BoF please ask me for that (or email for a softcopy).

 

David Frankel

www.rraptor.org <http://www.rraptor.org>  

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