Canada could be getting 'nutrition facts' labels for telecom plans
"Nutrition labels have been around for decades, are familiar to most, if not all, Canadians, and have consistently helped people make clearer, faster and more informed decisions about complex products," reads the opening statement from University of Ottawa professor Marina Pavlovic."The...
#telecommunication #internet #business #consumer #Canada #US
https://www.blogto.com/tech/2025/06/canada-nutrition-facts-labels-telecom-plans/
#T%C3%89L%C3%89COMMUNICATION
SAQ Grimeton VLF Transmitter to air on July 2
The Alexander SAQ Grimeton Friendship Association announces an anniversary transmission for Wednesday, July 2, 2025,
starting their Youtube coverage at 08:20 UTC, the start of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ at 08:30 UTC, and the anniversary message transmission at 09:00 UTC.
No mention of the frequency on the Youtube announcement, but chances are that it would be 17.2 kHz, as usual.
That translates into *very* long waves, and a normal world band receiver may not provide this frequency range.
Whispering in the dark
ESET researchers uncovered a cyberespionage campaign by BladedFeline, an Iran-aligned APT group likely tied to OilRig. The group has targeted Kurdish and Iraqi government officials since at least 2017, using various malicious tools including the Whisper backdoor, PrimeCache IIS module, and reverse tunnels. BladedFeline maintains persistent access to high-ranking officials in both the Kurdistan Regional Government and Iraqi government, likely for espionage purposes. The group's toolset includes sophisticated backdoors, webshells, and custom tunneling applications. ESET assesses with medium confidence that BladedFeline is a subgroup of OilRig, based on shared code, targets, and tactics. The campaign also extended to a telecommunications provider in Uzbekistan.
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Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2025-06-10 18:09:11
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#BackDoor #CyberSecurity #Cyberespionage #ESET #Espionage #Government #ICS #InfoSec #Iran #OTX #OilRig #OpenThreatExchange #Telecom #Telecommunication #bot #AlienVault
BladedFeline: Whispering in the dark
ESET researchers have uncovered a cyberespionage campaign conducted by BladedFeline, an Iran-aligned APT group likely tied to OilRig. The group has been targeting Kurdish and Iraqi government officials since at least 2017, using various malicious tools including reverse tunnels, backdoors, and a malicious IIS module. Key malware includes the Whisper backdoor, which communicates via compromised email accounts, and PrimeCache, a malicious IIS module with similarities to OilRig's RDAT backdoor. The campaign also targeted a telecommunications provider in Uzbekistan. BladedFeline's sophisticated tactics and tools indicate a focus on maintaining strategic access to high-ranking officials for espionage purposes.
Pulse ID: 6842cae058bebf5552345481
Pulse Link: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/6842cae058bebf5552345481
Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2025-06-06 11:02:56
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#BackDoor #CyberSecurity #Cyberespionage #ESET #Email #Espionage #Government #ICS #InfoSec #Iran #Malware #OTX #OilRig #OpenThreatExchange #RAT #Telecom #Telecommunication #bot #AlienVault
#voice #telecommunication #media #MassSurveillance
TelCo companies, the media, and big tech have made a pact with the devil:
In hell, all recordings of your voice will be played back to you, on loop.
#voice #telecommunication #media #hell
Beware when leaving a voice message or when someone wants to record you:
All voice recordings go straight to hell.
Radio News: Austria, China, Denmark, Taiwan
Austria/Taiwan
Radio Taiwan International’s Chiu Bihui plans to meet listeners in Vienna on May 13. Following that, she will give a lecture at Vienna University on May 14.
China
Hangzhou Telegraph Station has ceased operations on Wednesday, April 30. The last day saw the processing of 5,846 telegrams, according to Xinhua newsagency. At closing time at 20:30 hours local time, the Hangzhou branch office was „still bustling“ with people, many of whom probably writing the first and the last telegram in their lifetime. C114, a Shanghai-based consultancy that publishes news in Chinese and in English, wrote in April that
Hangzhou’s only operational telegraph machine ceased functioning properly last year. As a result, current telegram services involve typing messages into a computer, printing them, and then mailing them, rather than using traditional telegraph machines."
Beijing Unicom Xidan office has now become the only place in China where telegrams can be sent. If the procedure there, as described by C114, is sufficiently authentic for a true nostalgia experience will be for the user to decide.
Denmark
Stig Hartvig Nielsen has announced the closure of his mediumwave station Radio208, and an Expansion of his shortwave broadcaster World Music Radio (WMR). Running to Station had cost him about 530 euros per month in recent years for royalties alone, Nielsen wrote in a Bulletin published by DX Fanzine No. 140 (the May Edition).
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#Austria #China #Denmark #RadioTaiwanInternational #shortwave #Taiwan #telecommunication
Happy anniversary to A Flock Of Seagulls eponymous debut album. Released this week in 1982. #aflockofseagulls #iran #spaceagelovesong #telecommunication #modernloveisautomatic
Bell hikes prices for wireless plans to match Rogers
Bell changed up its wireless plans, scrapping some options and raising the prices on others.The company's new plans don't really bring any significant new changes beyond price and data amount. Bell has two plans now, which you can view below:$65/100GB 5G+ Canada-wide plan (previously $49/100GB)$95/250GB 5G...
#business #telecommunication #pricing #technology #Canada #US
https://www.blogto.com/tech/2025/04/bell-hikes-prices-plans-match-rogers/
Smishing Triad: Chinese eCrime Group Targets 121+ Countries, Introduces New Banking Phishing Kit
The Chinese eCrime group Smishing Triad has launched a global SMS phishing campaign targeting over 121 countries across various industries. Their infrastructure generates over one million page visits in 20 days, averaging 50,000 daily. The group has introduced a new 'Lighthouse' phishing kit focusing on banking and financial organizations, particularly in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Smishing Triad claims to have '300+ front desk staff worldwide' supporting their operations. They frequently rotate domains, with approximately 25,000 active during any 8-day period. The majority of phishing sites are hosted by Chinese companies Tencent and Alibaba. The campaign primarily targets postal, logistics, telecommunications, transportation, finance, retail, and public sectors.
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Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2025-04-10 18:13:29
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#Asia #Australia #Bank #Chinese #CyberSecurity #ICS #InfoSec #OTX #OpenThreatExchange #Phishing #RAT #SMS #Smishing #Telecom #Telecommunication #bot #AlienVault
Rogers will charge a fee on people using older networks starting next month
Rogers and Fido will start charging customers who exclusively use the company's 2G and 3G networks a $3 fee in May.Customers started receiving emails from Rogers and Fido about the incoming fee last week. The emails warned users if their phone number used 3G. The company also updated sup...
#technology #telecommunication #money #business
https://www.blogto.com/tech/2025/04/rogers-charge-fee-people-using-older-networks/
attended the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) 2nd Preparatory Workshop for World Radio Communication-27 (WRC), New Delhi, April 7, 2025 https://iafi.in/ #satellite #6G #telecommunication
Rogers and Fido mobile users in Canada can expect price hike in April
Rogers and Fido customers may have higher wireless bills in April as the company increases prices to support "investments."A Fido customer took to Reddit to share a picture of a notice they received from the Rogers flanker brand detailing a $3/mo price hike starting in April."We continuously invest in ...
#business #telecommunication #finance #technology #Canada
https://www.blogto.com/tech/2025/03/rogers-fido-price-increase/
Bell Canada sneakily starts hiding that it limits video quality over mobile data
Bell has been capping the quality of video streaming over its mobile network for a while now, and this was written in small print whenever you looked at mobile plans online. However, the company no longer discloses this on its new redesigned plan page.Bell confirmed in an email statement that it removed...
#technology #business #telecommunication #internet
https://www.blogto.com/tech/2025/03/bell-mobile-streaming/
How the news about #Europe replacing #Starlink is being received at the stock market.
Some info about #Eutelsat: https://www.mediatek.com/press-room/eutelsat-mediatek-and-airbus-announce-worlds-first-5g-non-terrestrial-network-connection-leveraging-oneweb-leo-satellites
Human rights and environmental violations throughout Australian supply chains ?
Creating a mandatory human rights due diligence regime for Australian companies
"We analysed the human rights commitments of 25 of the top companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), including some of our largest banks and mining companies."
"We found Australian companies have a long way to go in “knowing and showing” a commitment to respect human rights, suggesting an urgent need for reform...It is clear from our research that many large Australian companies are not operating in line with international standards."
"One response could be for Australia to follow the European Union’s lead and create a mandatory human rights due diligence regime. Australian companies must take proactive steps to comply with international standards. Our findings suggest the government should enact a stronger and broader mandatory human rights due diligence law covering all human rights. "
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https://theconversation.com/some-of-australias-largest-companies-are-failing-to-know-and-show-their-respect-for-human-rights-250055
#HumanRights #ModernSlavery #transparency #DueDilligence #EUDR #SupplyChains #environment #pollution #LoggingImpacts #PayGap #ChildLabour #industry #DoingBusiness #mining #banks #energy #insurance #transportation #telecommunication #media #health #pharmaceuticals #governance
[en] #Imaging the ground with #telecommunication|s cables
"... used the #MIT #fiber optic cable network to successfully image the ground underneath campus using a method known as distributed acoustic sensing (#DAS)."
"Information like this is critical for regions that are susceptible to destructive #earthquake|s and other #seismic hazards ..."
https://news.mit.edu/2025/how-telecommunications-cables-can-image-ground-beneath-us-0204
#Europe already is working on their own system, called #IRIS2. Application focus apparently already broadened from government/corporate use to B2C.
https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-space/iris2-secure-connectivity_en
While French #Eutelsat is building a consumer system with Airbus. They recently announced world’s first 5G non-terrestrial network connection (straight to phone, no terminal required), leveraging #OneWeb LEO satellites.
#eusovereignity #technology #telecommunication #infrastructure
Rogers is increasing its U.S. and international roaming charges
Rogers and its flanker brand Fido are set to increase U.S. and international roaming rates on March 3rd, just in time for March Break.Notices appearing on both wireless provider's websites detail the change.Currently, Rogers and Fido charge $12/day for U.S. roaming and $15/day for i...
#business #technology #travel #telecommunication #US #Mexico
https://www.blogto.com/tech/2025/02/rogers-increasing-us-international-roaming-charges/
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