Why is Clickjacking a Concern for Mobile Network Operators?

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Clickjacking involves deliberately making users click a visible webpage with an invisible element in an iframe (hidden in the background). The user unknowingly subscribes to a service by clicking on the consent lodged in the background.

Unfortunately, fraudsters constantly detect similar vulnerabilities of the carrier billing systems of the telcos and overpower consumers’ security. Combating fraud through iframe masking and clickjacking requires a solution to identify every step of the DCB VAS architecture. It would require to integrate appropriate measures to ensure that the Value Added Service (VAS) subscription, don’t happen without informing the user. Read more..