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AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsMatthew John Meacham, Richard Thomas Jarvis
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A mobile communications fraud detection system is provided in which one or more probe devices are deployed to intercept predetermined types of data being carried over selected interfaces within the mobile communications network. In particular, the probe devices are arranged to intercept data being carried between equipment responsible for providing the air interface to mobile communications devices using the network and equipment interfacing with the mobile network's core switching equipment. Fraudulent activity relating to gateway fraud, revenue sharing fraud, credit or debit card fraud, spam generation and fraudulent or other activity indicative of the presence of malware executing on a mobile communications device.
A mobile communications fraud detection system, comprising one or more probe devices arranged to intercept data of a plurality of predetermined types being carried over interfaces between equipment in a mobile communications network providing an air interface with subscriber mobile communications devices and equipment interfacing with core switching equipment of the mobile network, and a processor arranged to receive predetermined types of data intercepted by said plurality of probe devices and to determine the presence of at least one predetermined type of fraudulent activity by users of the mobile network substantially at the time it occurs.
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