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Security

Real-time threat analysis

We have released a new feature to the portal – you can now see real-time and historic security events, both on our honeypot and earlier stage probes…

ClueCon weekly call – VoIP Fraud Analysis

Simon gave the first talk on our 2016 VoIP Fraud Analysis on the weekly ClueCon on Wednesday February 3rd. If you missed the live event a recording i…

VoIP Fraud Analysis 2016

We’re delighted to release the 2016 version of our VoIP Fraud Analysis report. This updates the 2014 version with an additional 2 years of data and m…

Are you relying on fail2ban to secure your Asterisk?

Let’s be clear, we love Asterisk. If someone wants an easy to configure PBX, we send them that way, and indeed our own new non-technical staff have t…

Two men, two hacks, two very different outcomes…

We offer more fraud mitigation tools than any other carrier. We give data away freely which is used by others in their own products and networks. Fin…

ITSPA Fraud Session at Convergence Summit South

If you haven’t yet registered to come to Convergence Summit South, time is running short so please do so soon. If you are able to make it Simwood is…

Our VoIP Fraud presentation at LINX84

We had the pleasure of speaking at the London Internet Exchange’s LINX84 meeting on February 17th regarding our VoIP Fraud research. Below is the vid…

Simwood VoIP Fraud Analysis – get your copy now

As regular readers will know, Simwood has operated a VoIP Honeypot since 2011. The findings from it shape many of the market-leading features we offe…

Christmas VoIP attacks. How did you fare?

In December we released yet more features (balance locking and automated alerts) to protect you from VoIP fraud should one of your customers or your…

Limit your fraud exposure by locking your balance

We offer lots and lots of features to help you avoid or contain the cost of fraudulent traffic from either your or your customer’s equipment being co…

TLS/SRTP and why you need them!

In January 2013 we enabled both TLS and SRTP on outbound calls. Today it is available on all incoming calls, i.e. using Simwood numbering with us del…

Automated fraud alerts

We’ve mentioned before the numerous features we offer to protect you if there’s a fraudulent issue on your account, such as your equipment or your cu…

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