Anti-fraud tools can't keep pace with scammers exploiting cheap internet calling
The rise of cheap internet calling has led to an increase in fraudulent robocalls, with scammers exploiting the lack of physical trust in internet-based calling. Industry experts warn that anti-fraud tools cannot keep pace with the evolving tactics of scammers, who are now using artificial intelligence to carry out their attacks. To combat this, experts recommend a multi-faceted approach, including authentication frameworks, traceback efforts, and consumer vigilance.
- ▪The tools to fight phishing, robocalls, and spam have multiplied over the past decade, but criminals are adapting faster than any single defense can keep up.
- ▪The rise of internet calling has eliminated the old physical trust of wired networks, making it easier for scammers to impersonate legitimate callers.
- ▪STIR/SHAKEN, a call authentication protocol, has been oversold and is not a silver bullet against fraudulent calls.
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Cybersecurity How to Fight Back Against Fraudulent Robocalls Panelists warned that anti-fraud tools can't keep pace with scammers exploiting cheap internet calling and AI. Broadband Breakfast Jul 29, 2026 — 4 min read Photo by Markus Winkler used with permission WASHINGTON, July 29, 2026 — The tools to fight phishing, robocalls and spam have multiplied over the past decade, but the criminals behind them keep adapting faster than any single defense can keep up, industry experts said Wednesday during a Broadband Breakfast Live Online panel.Panelists said that there were no simple answers to the knot of problems.
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