Methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting and mitigating fraudulent message service message traffic

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting fraudulent message service message traffic are disclosed. According to one method, message service messages are monitored. It is determined that the message service message traffic indicates that the message service message traffic is fraudulent based on detection of at least one of: 1) message service message traffic received at a first network from a second network, where the traffic includes at least one message with an SCCP calling party address internal to the first network, 2) a volume of message service message traffic received at the first network from the second network that exceeds the volume of message service message traffic sent by the first network to the second network by a threshold amount, and 3) message service message traffic that is sent to a dark number. In response to detecting fraudulent message service message traffic, a mitigating action is performed.

主权项

1. A method for detecting fraudulent message service message traffic, the method comprising:
(a) monitoring message service message traffic, wherein the message service message traffic includes at least one of short message service, multimedia message service, and instant message traffic; (b) determining that the monitored message service message traffic is fraudulent based on the presence message service message traffic that is sent to a dark number, wherein the dark number comprises a mobile identification number that is not assigned to a mobile subscriber by a mobile network operator, wherein determining that the monitored message service message traffic is fraudulent based on the presence of message service message traffic that is directed to a dark number includes performing a lookup in a dark number database that contains a list of unassigned mobile identification numbers; and (c) performing a mitigating action in response to determining that the monitored message service message traffic as fraudulent.